• Thailand Loves Its Chinese Visitors, Up to a Point

    Upside: a cash windfall; downsides: traffic, crowds and overdevelopment concerns

    PHUKET, Thailand—This resort island is facing a challenge other vacation spots around the world may soon confront: how to cope when the Chinese tourists come.

    Thailand is now the top foreign destination for Chinese travelers, and an estimated 400,000 of them will visit the country around the time of the Lunar New Year holiday that begins Thursday, according to the Association of Thai Travel Agents.

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