阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。The French tourism industry hopes to see a strong boost as China, one of the world giant tourism 【小题1】(market) before the pandemic, optimized (优化) its COVID-19 response and resumed outbound group tours earlier this year.
The European country hosted nearly 90 million international tourists in 2019, 【小题2】 (make) it the top destination in the world in terms of tourist arrivals. 【小题3】 the same time, more than 50 million tourists visited the Paris region and Chinese tourists made up the second 【小题4】 (large) number. They 【小题5】 (generate) more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in revenue.
Air connectivity has been 【小题6】 (gradual) increasing after China reopened to foreign tourists last month. More passenger flights 【小题7】 (operate) by airlines have been put into service between Chinese and French cities since January. Passenger capacities (乘客量) are expected 【小题8】(rise) by the summer. Before the pandemic, more than 2 million Chinese tourists visited France each year and the Louvre Museum was 【小题9】 must-go site of Chinese tourists in Paris. Due to the absence of Chinese, the region starved for three years, 【小题10】 is extremely long and hard. Hopefully, they are going to start to travel again and it will be much more individual and much more upscale.