China Inbound Tourism in 2007

In 2007, China tourism continued to increase. All three markets, the domestic tourism market, inbound tourism market, and outbound tourism, retained a steady growth.

 

	2007 (million)	2006 (million)	Growth (%)
Total Tourist Arrivals	131.8733	124.9421	5.5
Foreign Tourists	26.1097	22.2103	17.6
From Hong Kong	77.9489	73.9097	5.5
From Macau	23.1868	24.4087	-5.0
From Taiwan Province	4.6279	4.4135	4.9

Total (stayed overnight)	54.7198	49.9134	9.6
Foreign Tourists	21.3989	18.1061	18.2
From Hong Kong ＆Macau	29.2979	27.9668	4.8
From Taiwan Province	4.0212	3.8405	4.7

International Tourism Receipts

41.919 billion USD

33.949 billion USD

23.5

 

 Statistics of Foreign Market 
In 2007, the foreign market of China inbound tourism had rapid growth. The number of foreign tourists was 26.1097 million, increasing 17.6% from the preceding year.

The market share of Asian tourists took up 61.5% of the total foreign visitors, increasing 18.2% from the previous year. Among the Asian countries, South Korea was the largest tourist source country to China.  The number of tourists from Europe increased 17.7% from the previous year. American tourists grew 13.1%. The number of tourists from Oceania swelled 14.1%. African  tourists had a 29.1% year-on-year number growth.

In 2007, the number of the oversea tourists who stayed overnight in China increased from the previous year. The average duration of stay was 7.0 days, 0.1 days more than the previous year. The average expenditure per day was $196.39 US, $21.32 US and 12.2% more than the last year.

Top 16 tourism source countries
Order	Country	Number of Tourist Arrvals (Unit in 10,000 persons )	Percentage of Increase (%)
01	South Korea	477.68	21.7
02	Japan	397.75	6.2
03	Russia	300.39	24.9
04	the United States	190.12	11.2
05	Malaysia	106.20	16.6
06	Singapore	92.20	11.4
07	Philippines	83.30	18.3
08	Mongolia	68.20	8.0
09	Thailand	61.16	3.3
10	Australia	60.74	12.9
11	Britain	60.51	9.5
12	Canada	57.72	15.5
13	Germany	55.67	11.2
14	Indonesia	47.71	10.2
15	France	46.34	15.2
16	India	46.25	14.2

 Statistics of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Market

In 2007, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets grew steadily. The Macau market was affected by various factors and had a slight decrease from the previous year.

The number of tourists from Hong Kong was 77.9489 million, increasing 5.5% compared to that in 2006. Among them, tourists who stayed overnight in China mainland were 25.3912 million, increasing 6.2% and accounting for 32.6% of the visitors from Hong Kong. An additional 52.5577 million had a one day tour in China mainland, up 5.1% and accounting for 67.4% of the Hong Kong visitors. The number of tourists from Taiwan totaled 4.6279 million, up 5.5% from the preceding year. Tourists from Macau numbered 23.1868 million, decreasing 5.0% than 2006. 3.9085 million stayed overnight, down 3.8% and taking up 16.9% of the visitors from Macau. Those who had a one day trip in the Chinese mainland numbered 19.2783 million, decreasing 5.3% and taking up 83.1% of the visitors from Macau.

 Reception of Oversea Tourists and Tourism Revenue (by Provinces, Autonomous Regions and Municipalities)

In 2007, Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the central government received a total of 73.1138 million inbound tourists, up 19.1 % from the preceding year. There were 25 administrative areas that received over 500,000 tourists, including Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, Fujian, Shandong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Anhui, Tianjin, Henan, Hebei, Chongqing, Hainan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, and Jilin. Guangdong hosted 24.6087 million tourists, still leading over all other provinces and autonomous regions.

Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities received 42.4290 million foreign tourists, up 20.8% over the previous year. A total of 25 autonomous regions and municipalities received over 400,000 foreign tourists, including Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Hunan, Anhui, Hebei, Chongqing, Hainan, Henan, Shanxi, Jilin, and Xinjiang. Guangdong still ranked the first in the country, hosting 6.2851 million foreign tourists.

There were 28 provinces, regions and municipalities’ income of foreign exchange from international tourism exceeded 100 million US dollars, including Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Liaoning, Yunnan, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Hubei, Chongqing, Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Hainan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Jilin, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Guizhou. Guangdong was still the country’s No. 1, with the international tourism revenue of 8.706 billion US dollars.

International Tourism Revenue by Provines, Autonomous Regions and Municipalities
Order	Provinces and Cities	Tourism Revenue (Unit in 100 Million US Dollars)	Growth (%)	Reception of Tourists (Unit in 10,000 persons)	Growth (%)
01	Guangdong	87.0552	15.6	2460.87	17.8
02	Shanghai	46.7297	19.7	520.10	11.9
03	Beijing	45.7926	13.7	435.48	11.6
04	Jiangsu	34.6900	24.5	512.55	15.1
05	Zhejiang	27.0790	27.0	511.18	19.8
06	Fujian	21.6936	47.5	268.75	17.0
07	Shandong	13.5185	33.3	249.64	29.3
08	Liaoning	12.2786	31.4	200.09	24.0
09	Yunnan	8.5958	30.5	221.90	22.6
10	Tianjin	7.7871	27.4	103.23	17.2
11	Heilongjiang	6.4270	30.4	141.42	32.9
12	Hunan	6.4218	27.6	120.57	24.2
13	Shaanxi	6.1211	19.8	123.13	16.0
14	Guangxi	5.7708	36.4	205.52	20.3
15	Inner Mongolia	5.4485	34.9	149.45	21.3
16	Sichuan	5.1243	29.7	170.87	21.9
17	Hubei	4.1264	28.9	131.82	24.9
18	Chongqing	3.8231	23.8	76.17	26.3
19	Anhui	3.4400	51.7	106.43	32.4
20	Henan	3.1801	16.2	88.09	16.3
21	Hebei	3.0911	27.1	81.76	12.8
22	Hainan	3.0160	31.6	75.31	22.1
23	Shanxi	2.2171	35.0	73.79	28.6
24	Jiangxi	1.9554	40.1	66.47	33.7
25	Jilin	1.7931	30.6	54.36	25.0
26	Xinjiang	1.6190	26.5	43.84	20.9
27	Tibet	1.3529	122.0	36.54	136.0
28	Guizhou	1.2918	12.2	43.00	33.8
29	Gansu	0.7021	11.6	33.12	9.2
30	Qinghai	0.1590	20.0	5.00	18.5
31	Ningxia	0.0261	7.5	0.94	8.2

 
 In 2007, a total of 39 cities in China received more than 200,000 overseas tourists, 3 more than that in 2006, including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Guilin, Nanjing, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xiamen, Dalian, Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming, Wuxi, Ningbo, Huangshan, Zhongshan, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Wuhan, Sanya, Changsha, Shenyang, Yantai, Wenzhou, Harbin, Weihai, Luoyang, Yanbian, Chengde, Urumqi, Nantong, Qinhuangdao, and Changchun. Additionally, 112 cities received over 100,000 overseas tourists, including Zhangzhou, Jinan, Lhasa, Jiujiang, Shantou, Taiyuan, Haikou, Nanning, Datong, Guiyang, Hefei, and Shijiazhuang.

 There were 41 cities that received over 100,000 foreign tourists, 2 more than 2006, which were Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xi'an, Guilin, Nanjing, Dalian, Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhuhai, Kunming, Huangshan, Xiamen, Sanya, Wuhan, Ningbo, Wuxi, Shenyang, Changsha, Fuzhou, Weihai, Yantai, Yanbian, Wenzhou, Luoyang, Urumqi, Qinhuangdao, Chengde, Harbin, Nantong, Changchun, Zhengzhou, Lhasa, Zhongshan, Taiyuan, and Nanning.

 There were 36 cities that had earned more than 100 million US dollars from overseas tourist revenues, 3 cities more than the last year. These cities were Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Zhuhai, Suzhou, Nanjing, Tianjin, Xiamen, Qingdao, Fuzhou, Dalian, Xi'an, Quanzhou, Ningbo, Chongqing, Wuxi, Guilin, Changsha, Shenyang, Chengdu, Nantong, Sanya, Yantai, Wuhan, Zhangzhou, Zhongshan, Kunming, Huangshan, Harbin, Wenzhou, Qinhuangdao, Weihai, Zhengzhou, and Urumqi. Additionally, there were 11 cities that had earned more than 50 million US dollars from overseas tourist revenues, including Luoyang, Changchun, Lianyungang, Jinan, Chengde, Taiyuan, Hefei, Yanbian, Shantou, Lhasa, and Jiujiang. Shanghai’s income from international tourism reached 4.673 billion US dollars, ranking the first.

Data Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of People's Republic of China

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