2015 China Tourism Facts & Figures

By end of 2015, 10,550 star-rated hotels (taking up 85.58% of all star hotels in the database of China National Tourism Administration) submitted business data. Among these hotels, 10,956 are still operating while 1,014 have closed down. The 10,956 operating hotels include 92 one-star rated hotels, 2,373 two-star rated hotels, 5,286 three-star rated hotels, 2,398 four-star rated hotels, and 807 five-star rated hotels. Their total revenue in 2015 amounted to CNY 211.278 billion, of which 41.86% or CNY 88.445 billion was from affiliated restaurants and 35.55% or CNY 75.29 billion was from room-related services. The average room rate of the 10,956 hotels was CNY 343.51/room/night, average occupancy was 55.59%, the revenue per available room was CNY 190.95/night, and the revenue per room was CNY 37,767.47.

The sizes of star hotels and their business statistics in quarter 4:

	Number of Hotels	Average Room Rate (CNY / Room / Night)	Average Occupancy (%)	Revenue Per Available Room (CNY / Room / Night)	Revenue Per Room (CNY / Room)
Total	10,956	343.51	55.59	190.95	37,767.47
5-Star	807	639.58	58.56	374.55	71,770.20
4-Star	2,398	341.98	56.93	194.70	39,154.12
3-Star	5,286	234.37	53.81	126.11	26,091.81
2-Star	2,373	167.63	52.89	88.65	17,118.55
1-Star	92	123.10	45.16	55.60	11,574.81

Top 10 tourism cities based on average room rate (CNY / Room / Night):
(Sorted by star level)

1-Star		2-Star		3-Star		4-Star		5-Star
Dalian	454.55	Lhasa	456.52	Hangzhou	718.96	Lhassa	543.47	Lhasa	1,249.45
Beijing	328.90	Taiyuan	298.35	Beijing	381.45	Shanghai	521.24	Sanya	1,020.04
Shenyang	184.77	Beijing	297.18	Shanghai	334.61	Beijing	483.57	Shanghai	991.63
Kunming	175.16	Wenzhou	275.72	Guanbgzhou	324.18	Guangzhou	462.60	Harbin	904.27
Shanghai	173.73	Guangzhou	271.96	Shenzhen	322.65	Zhuhai	455.77	Jinan	897.17
Ningbo	153.88	Haikou	249.54	Shijiazhuang	307.27	Nanjing	423.42	Guangzhou	851.80
Hangzhou	104.32	Suzhou	241.57	Fuzhou	298.83	Shenzhen	415.68	Beijing	814.72
Guiyang	75.76	Shanghai	241.24	Tianjin	285.26	Huangshan	399.75	Shenzhen	744.61
---	---	Fuzhou	234.77	Chengdu	281.26	Xiamen	395.39	Qingdao	681.85
---	---	Hangzhou	233.49	Xining	178.15	Hangzhou	394.32	Zhuhai	677.09

Top 10 major cities based on average occupancy (%):
(Sorted by star level)

1-Star		2-Star		3-Star		4-Star		5-Star
Shanghai	75.34	Fuzhou	87.92	Zhnagjiajie	77.23	Changsha	80.56	Lijiang	76.43
Shenyang	58.97	Lanzhou	73.45	Changsha	72.11	Nanning	75.68	Nanning	73.29
Kunming	46.40	Xi'an	72.49	Fuzhou	71.32	Lijiang	71.73	Sanya	72.68
Guiyang	38.30	Guangzhou	71.20	Zhuhai	67.74	Nanjing	71.54	Shenzhen	72.47
Beijing	31.37	Shanghai	70.84	Shenzhen	67.09	Haikou	71.29	Nanjing	71.73
Ningbo	29.04	Harbin	69.53	Nanjing	66.27	Shenzhen	70.45	Fuzhou	71.61
Hangzhou	26.67	Shenzhen	68.32	Jinan	65.32	Fuzhou	70.25	Xiamen	69.98
Dalian	9.91	Nanjing	66.75	Guangzhou	62.35	Shanghai	70.14	Changchun	68.07
---	---	Xiamen	61.92	Hefei	61.08	Sanya	67.30	Shanghai	67.96
---	---	Changsha	59.77	Shanghai	61.07	Zhuhai	66.31	Zhuhai	67.71

 According to the China National Tourism Administration, there were altogether 27,621 travel agencies in mainland by the end of 2015 and 26,342 of them submitted sales figures, accounting for 95.37%. In the whole year, they organized 14.2681 million inbound visitors and received 19.9466 million, increased by 1.17% and decreased by 0.4 respectively. The number of outbound visitors organized by agencies added up to 48.7480 million, an increase of 19.69% in comparison with last year. As for domestic tourists, travel agencies organized 143.07 million and received 156.7368 million.

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

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