ABSTRACT
Ap 1999), have been counteracted by the underground growth of domestic travel and outbound leisure travel by the Chinese people. Competing with overseas Chinese and western visitors for space at the attractions and the transport infrastructure inside China and cancelling out the currency import by spending private or even public hard currency outside China, they have successfully elbowed themselves into the guest position in tourism where a host position – or a non-paying guest situation – was prepared for them.
