The year 2018 registered 5.54 billion domestic tourists, up by 10.8 percent from the previous year. The revenue from domestic tourism totaled 5.13 trillion yuan($774.90 billion), up by 12.3 percent.
The number of inbound visitors to China totaled 141.20 million, an increase of 1.2 percent. Of this total, 30.54 million were foreigners, up by 4.7 percent; and 110.66 million were Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 0.3 percent. Of all the inbound tourists, overnight visitors numbered 62.90 million, an increase of 3.6 percent.
Earnings from international tourism topped $127.1 billion, up by 3.0 percent. The number of China’s outbound tourists totaled 161.99 million, up by 13.5 percent. Of this total, 155.02 million were on private visits, an increase of 14.1 percent; and 99.19 million visited Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 14.0 percent.
Development of Tourism |
2018 |
Number of Domestic Visitors (10000 person-times) |
553,900.00 |
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors For PrivatePurpose (10000 person-times) |
15,501.69 |
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors (10000 person-times) |
16,199.34 |
Number of Overnight Tourists Arrivals (10000 person-times) |
6,289.57 |
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals (10000 person-times) |
14,119.83 |
Number of Foreigners Arrivals (10000 person-times) |
3,054.29 |
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism (USD million) |
127,103.00 |
Earnings from Domestic Tourism (100 million yuan) |
51,278.29 |