| 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 |
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| 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 | |||