This reads like a propaganda piece. > How the UK became the sick man of European tourism The pattern 'X is the sick man of Y' specifically refers to 'Sick man

This reads like a propaganda piece. > How the UK became the sick man of European tourism The pattern 'X is the sick man of Y' specifically refers to 'Sick man of Asia' [1]. It's often used as an insult to Chinese people, but an insult they often like to use against other Countries. Later in the article you then see lots of references to Chinese people not wanting to visit the UK. It sounds like the author spoke to the 'travel experts' (e.g. Marcus Lee, CEO of China Travel Online) and then wrote this article. The truth is, the UK and neighbouring Countries are all extremely close to getting back to normality in spite of a rise in cases. This is China redirecting from the fact that they have a much larger tourism issue - they have essentially banned all foreigners from entering. Even if you could enter, the CCP have mounted an effective campaign to blame COVID on foreign origins (such as pretty much any bio-research lab in the US), and there is very large anti-foreign sentiment among the population. If you want to see somewhere crippled by lack of tourism, look no further than Macau which reportedly had 50.2% of their GDP generated by travel and tourism in 2019 [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_man_of_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_man_of_Asia [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100368/countries-highest-gdp-travel-tourism/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100368/countries-highes...