i ll be getting the lowdown on revenge spending with this top team steve odlan of the us conference board, tian lu from the economist intelligence unit in china, and gary barrowman, the man who literally wrote the book about the chinese tourist. and now people have got places to go, are they going to bejewel themselves to go there? wherever you rejoining me from around the world, i ll be finding out from the boss of pandora, the biggest jewellery brand in the world. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. china was the first country to lock people down due to covid, and now it s one of the last to ease restrictions. following anti lockdown protests late last year, president she finally ended his zero covid policy, opening up cities and travel once more. that reopening was underlined in the last few weeks by president xi welcoming european leaders, including france s president emanuel macron, to the country, and
a long time to really rethink what travel will mean to them in future, and the chinese - are no different to that. they want to explain new things they haven t been able to do - for the last three years. what about the uk market, how important is it? it is what about the uk market, how important is it? important is it? it is a mixed one, if important is it? it is a mixed one. if you important is it? it is a mixed one. if you go important is it? it is a mixed one, if you go back- important is it? it is a mixed one, if you go back to - important is it? it is a mixed one, if you go back to 2019, | important is it? it is a mixed | one, if you go back to 2019, it was one, if you go back to 2019, it was less one, if you go back to 2019, it was less than one, if you go back to 2019, it was less than a one, if you go back to 2019, it was less than a million - was less than a million chinese, was less than a million chinese, about- was less than a million . chinese, about 900,000