| Development of Tourism | |||||
| Item | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total Number of Travel Agencies (unit) | 8993 | 10532 | 11552 | 13361 | |
| International Travel Agencies | 1268 | 1310 | 1349 | 1364 | |
| Domestic Travel Agencies | 7725 | 9222 | 10203 | 11997 | |
| Number of Staff and Workers of |
164336 | 192408 | 229147 | 249802 | |
| International Travel Agencies | 68093 | 72801 | 89128 | 100742 | |
| Domestic Travel Agencies | 96243 | 119607 | 140019 | 149060 | |
| Total Number of Tourist Hotels (unit) | 10481 | 7358 | 8880 | 9751 | |
| Total Number of International Tourist Arrivals to China (10000 persons) |
8344.39 | 8901.29 | 9790.83 | 9166.2 | 10903.8 |
| Foreigners | 1016.04 | 1122.64 | 1343.95 | 1140.3 | 1693.3 |
| Overseas Chinese | 7.55 | ||||
| Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao | 7009.93 | 7434.45 | 8080.82 | 7752.7 | 8842.1 |
| Compatriots from Taiwan | 310.86 | 344.20 | 366.06 | 273.2 | 368.5 |
| Tourists (Overnight Visitors) (10000 person-times) |
3123.60 | 3316.67 | 3680.26 | 3297.1 | 4176.1 |
| Total Number of Domestic Residents Outbound (10000 persons) |
1047.26 | 1213.44 | 1660.23 | 2022.2 | 2885.0 |
| For Private Purposes | 563.09 | 694.67 | 1007.39 | 1481.1 | 2298.0 |
| Total Number of Domestic Tourists (10000 persons) |
74400 | 78400 | 87800 | 87000 | 110200 |
| Receipts of Tourism | |||||
| International Tourism Receipts ( US$100 million) |
162.24 | 177.92 | 203.85 | 174.1 | 257.4 |
| Domestic Tourism Receipts (100 million yuan) |
3175.32 | 3522.36 | 3878.36 | 3442.3 | 4710.7 |
| a) Prior to 2000, the total number of tourist hotels is the number of hotels that were authorized to receive foreigners. | |||||