The church is not a tourism bureau Depends on who you talk to. If you ask the people that own the church building (the French State) then yes, it's all about t

The church is not a tourism bureau Depends on who you talk to. If you ask the people that own the church building (the French State) then yes, it's all about tourism. If you talk to the capital C Church then it is probably primarily about propaganda (although they probably wouldn't call it that). They don't want Chinese tourists to walk around and come away thinking "wow that was a neat old building" they want the Chinese tourists to come away with a appreciation and interest in Catholicisms that can be a wedge towards conversion. Showing them some relics of western "mysticism" they do not understand is not conducive to that goal. The people who care about if it's a nice space for Sunday Mass are by all accounts the least important people in this equation.