Development of Tourism
Item 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002  
Total Number of Travel Agencies 4252 4986 6222 7326 8993 10532  
International Travel Agencies
977 991 1312 1256 1268 1310  
Domestic Travel Agencies
3275 3995 4910 6070 7725 9222  
Number of Staff and Workers of Travel Agencies (person) 87555 94829 100448 108830 164336 192408  
International Travel Agencies
53093 48881 52290 47153 68093 72801  
Domestic Travel Agencies
34462 45948 48158 61677 96243 119607  
Total Number of Tourist Hotel
4418 5201 5782 7035 10481 7358  
Total Number of International Tourists Inbound
(10 000 persons)
5112.75 5758.79 6347.84 7279.56 8344.39 8901.0 9790.8
Foreigners
674.43 742.80 710.77 843.23 1016.04 1122.4 1343.9
Overseas Chinese
15.46 9.90 12.07 10.81 7.55    
Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao
4249.47 4794.33 5407.54 6167.06 7009.94 7434.6 8080.8
Compatriots From Taiwan
173.39 211.76 217.46 258.46 310.86 344.0 366.1
Number of International Tourists Received by Three Major Travel Services (10 000 persons)
171.46 189.68 167.00 205.11 223.30    
China International Travel Service
80.80 88.45 77.45 100.25 91.16    
China Travel Service
59.25 66.94 53.79 65.10 88.32    
China Youth Travel Service
31.41 34.29 35.76 39.76 43.82    
Total Number of Domestic Residents Outbound
(10 000 persons)
758.82 817.54 842.56 923.24 1047.26 1213.44 1660.2
For Private Purpose
241.39 243.96 319.02 426.61 563.09 694.67 1006.1
Total Number of Domestic Tourists
(10 000 persons)
63900 64400 69450 71900 74400 78400 87800
Income of Tourism





   
Earnings From International
Tourism ($100 million)
102.00 120.74 126.02 140.99 162.24 177.92 203.9
Earnings From Domestic
Tourism (100 million yuan)
1638.38 2112.70 2391.18 2831.92 3175.54 3522.36 3878.4