Tourism
Tourism 2015
Updated: Feb 29, 2016
National Bureau of Statistics
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The year 2015 registered four billion domestic tourists, up 10.5 percent from the previous year. The revenue from domestic tourism totaled 3.42 trillion yuan($549.02 billion), up 13.1 percent.
The number of inbound visitors to China totaled 133.82 million, an increase of 4.1 percent. Of this total, 25.99 million were foreigners, down 1.4 percent; and 107.83 million were Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 5.6 percent. Of all the inbound tourists, overnight visitors numbered 56.89 million, an increase of 2.3 percent.
Earnings from international tourism topped $113.7 billion, up 7.8 percent. The number of China’s outbound tourists totaled 127.86 million, up 9.7 percent. Of this total, 121.72 million were on private visits, a year-on-year rise of 10.6 percent; and 85.88 million visited Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 4.4 percent.
Development of Tourism |
2015 |
Number of Domestic Visitors (10000 person-times) |
399,000.00 |
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors For Private Purpose (10000 person-times) |
12,172.00 |
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors (10000 person-times) |
12,786.00 |
Number of Overnight Tourists Arrivals (10000 person-times) |
5,688.57 |
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals (10000 person-times) |
13,382.04 |
Number of Foreigners Arrivals (10000 person-times) |
2,598.54 |
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism (USD million) |
113,650.00 |
Earnings from Domestic Tourism (100 million yuan) |
34,195.05 |
