The results of the survey indicated that although Chinese residing within Asia visited China in larger
total numbers, those living in non-Chinese cultures far from their ancestral homeland demonstrated
the strongest propensity to reconnect and reaffirm their Chineseness. This was seen in many ways.
The visitation rates to Hong Kong among the more spatially displaced traveler groups were
extraordinarily high, with Chinese residing in the US visiting at rates over 30 times their actual
proportion of US citizenry. Furthermore, over half of these long-haul ethnic Chinese visitors have
visited their ancestral village area in China and they are more likely to have relatives and friends in
the home village to whom they continue to send remittances. Table 18