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China's Love Affair With Australia Fizzles as Tourism Boom Ends
- Growth in visitor and student numbers has slowed sharply
- The slowdown could cost the economy more than $500 million
Chinese tourists sit and view the Sydney Opera House it up red to welcome in the Lunar New Year.
Photographer: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia is losing its appeal for Chinese tourists and students as the harmful trade war between the U.S. and Beijing, paired with a slowing economy at home, spooks them into staying put.