How big is the trade deficit of tourism services?

The trade deficit of tourism services is not that big.

Although many academic studies and tourism reports often refer to China's outbound tourism consumption data as "according to the statistics of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)", in fact, these data are reported to UNWTO by the National Tourism Administration (CNTA), and CNTA's data comes from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). Safe's calculation of tourism service trade (BOP) is aimed at the income of foreign tourists and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who have stayed in China for less than one year (including for business and personal reasons) and the expenditure of China residents traveling abroad (for business and personal reasons). Among them, the tourism revenue comes from the sampling survey data of the National Tourism Administration, and the tourism expenditure is calculated according to the relevant data of the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security (BEEA) and the major outbound tourism destination countries or regions in China.

According to the data of CNTA20 12 Tourism Statistics Bulletin, the income of inbound tourism in 20 12 should be $6143.5 billion, instead of $50.028 billion as shown in the bulletin, with a difference of11500 million. The foreign exchange income shown in the 20 1 1 bulletin is 48.464 billion dollars, while the same calculated amount should be 59.779 billion dollars, with a difference of more than11300 million dollars; The foreign exchange income shown in the 20 10 bulletin is $458140,000, while the same calculated amount should be $569.02 million, with a difference of11billion. The foreign exchange income shown in the 20 13 bulletin is $5166.4 billion, while the same calculated amount should be $62.759 billion, with a difference of11billion.