The total number of Chinese inbound and outbound tourism in 2019 was 300 million, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%

China News Agency, Beijing, March 10 (Reporter Zhou Yin) The China Tourism Academy released the "Basic Situation of the Tourism Market in 2019" on the 10th, showing that in 2019, the number of domestic tourists in China reached 6.006 billion, an increase of 8.4% over the same period last year ; The total number of inbound and outbound tourism was 300 million, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year; the total tourist revenue for the year was 6.63 trillion yuan, an increase of 11% year-on-year. The comprehensive contribution of tourism to GDP was 10.94 trillion yuan, accounting for 11.05% of the total GDP.

According to the China Tourism Academy, China's tourism economy will continue to grow faster than GDP growth in 2019. The domestic tourism market and the outbound tourism market have grown steadily, and the inbound tourism market has a more stable foundation.

The survey results show that the number of inbound tourists in 2019 reached 145 million, an increase of 2.9% over the same period last year. Among them, foreigners increased by 4.4%; compatriots in Hong Kong increased by 1.4%; compatriots in Macau increased by 6.5%; compatriots in Taiwan were basically unchanged from the same period last year. The number of overnight tourists entering the country increased by 4.5% over the same period last year.

International tourism revenue was 131.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.3% over the same period last year.

Inbound foreign tourists accounted for 75.9% in Asia, and 35.0% were tourists for leisure.

Ranked by the number of inbound tourists, the top 20 countries in China's major international source markets are: Myanmar, Vietnam, South Korea, Russia, Japan, the United States, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Thailand, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Germany , Britain, North Korea, France, Italy (among them Burma, Vietnam, Mongolia, India, North Korea, and the number of people traveling to China from the border).

The number of Chinese citizens traveling abroad reached 155 million, an increase of 3.3% over the same period last year. (Finish)