BC seems to be focusing on promoting tourism from China, especially over the past few years, and it seems to be paying off as travellers from there are surging and BC is their #1 Canadian destination. There are now 75 non-stop flights weekly from 6 Chinese hubs to Vancouver International - that's over 10 a day ... and they are big jets. Vancouver now has more flights to China than any other North American airport - so the numbers will continue to rise as more daily flights are anticipated.
Chinese are now the biggest-spending travel market in the world, with their travellers spending over $100 billion annually, and we currently have only a small fraction of that so lots of room for growth. See this article from The Financial Post - April 18, 2013:
Chinese travellers flocking to Canada in record numbers
Chinese tourists enjoying Butchart Gardens in Victoria (from financial post article)
Now the US numbers to BC seem to be increasing again as their economy slowly improves. Here is a slick tourism video spot featuring the fresh seafood to be had in BC:
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