China took similar measures against South Korea in 2017 after the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense . Beijing expressed its opposition to THAAD by banning group excursions to South Korea. As a end result, Chinese tourism to South Korea collapsed from a record excessive of 8.1 million in 2016 to four.2 million guests in 2017 after a long time of almost steady growth. The experiences of the Philippines and South Korea present a transparent indication that China is willing to make use of tourism, a extensively accepted form of indirect or gentle power, in a coercive method.
Preference Of Indian Tourists In Course Of Overseas Traveling & Domestic Tourism By Dr Puja Waalia Mann, Sushil Sharma
