The Government of Canada has issued a travel advisory for China, urging Canadian citizens to exercise a high degree of caution due to various safety risks, including the possibility of arbitrary detention and the presence of extensive surveillance. Travelers are advised to remain vigilant and follow local regulations to ensure their safety while visiting this diverse yet complex country. The advisory, last updated on November 3, 2025, highlights several key areas of concern, including potential travel restrictions in sensitive regions like Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Tibet, as well as the growing issue of petty crime and scams in popular tourist spots.

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[–] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang - (June 2025) ----[Archived link]

In addition to the 115 hotels that are currently operational in Xinjiang, we identified another 74 in various stages of planning and construction from international hotel giants—Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Minor Hotels, and Wyndham. Marriott will open at least 13 hotels located in Xinjiang in 2026, including a Ritz-Carlton in Urumqi. IHG will open nine hotels in the region in 2025 and another seven in 2026, including InterContinentals in Urumqi, Kashgar, and Ghulja. (InterContinental is IHG’s flagship luxury brand.)

Moreover, we documented a long list of rights abuses connected to hotels in Xinjiang, including forced labor, presence on territories controlled by an entity under targeted human rights sanctions, financial and management links to Chinese state-owned enterprises, and hotels hosting Chinese state propaganda events. Hilton even opened a hotel on the site of the Duling Mosque in central Khotan, which local authorities demolished in 2018. None of the seven hotel chains responded to our repeated requests for comment.

Another report reads:

State-backed tourism booms in China's troubled Xinjiang - (2023)

... off the main tourist trail, in the mostly Uyghur town of Yengisar, AFP reporters saw a sign in a cemetery prohibiting Islamic "religious activities" such as kneeling, prostrating, praying with palms facing upwards and reciting scripture. The same sign permitted certain offerings for the Qingming Festival, typically observed by Han but not Uyghurs.

Around a dozen mosques in other towns and villages around Kashgar were found locked and rundown.

Some appeared to have had minarets and other Islamic markings removed, and many bore the same government slogan: "Love the country, love the party". ... Three other community mosques within a few hundred metres were shuttered when AFP visited, with a store advertising adult products operating a stone's throw from one of them.

... "The destruction of religious sites... is part of a larger set of policies that are transforming the landscape and disconnecting Uyghur culture from the geography" of Xinjiang, Thum [said]. The sharpest reminders of Beijing's policies still lurk on Kashgar's periphery, which houses many of the alleged internment camps.

While some appear to have been converted or abandoned, others look to still be operating -- and provoke official unease when exposed.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Imagine being so gullible to genuinely believe that a country would have booming tourist in a region they're conducting a genocide. Looking through your comment history it's pretty clear what sort of a racist troll you are. Bye.