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Tourism Agreement Could Create Chinese Deluge

Last year more than 34 million Chinese tourists went overseas, but less than 1 percent of those tourists came to the U.S. China has not given official approval for tour groups to travel to the U.S.

That's expected to change soon, when the two countries sign an agreement allowing large numbers of Chinese tour groups to head to the United States.

Some experts wonder whether American tourist sites are prepared for the deluge.

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