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In 2007, my country's tourism industry enjoyed a good momentum of development, with the three major markets maintaining steady growth. In the whole year, it received 131.8733 million inbound tourists and realized foreign exchange income from international tourism of US$41.919 billion, an increase of 5.5% and 23.5% respectively over the previous year; the number of domestic tourists was 1.610 billion, and the income was 777.062 billion yuan, an increase from the previous year. 15.5% and 24.7%; the number of Chinese citizens traveling abroad reached 40.954 million, an increase of 18.6% over the previous year; the total tourism revenue was 1.0957 billion yuan, an increase of 22.6% over the previous year.

1. Performance of inbound tourism

In 2007, my country's inbound tourism market continued to develop steadily, with major statistical indicators increasing year-on-year:

——Inbound The number of tourists reached 131.8733 million, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year. Among them: 26.1097 million foreigners, an increase of 17.6% over the previous year; 77.9489 million Hong Kong compatriots, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year; 23.1868 million Macao compatriots, a decrease of 5.0% over the previous year; 4.6279 million Taiwanese compatriots, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%; An increase of 4.9%.

——The number of inbound overnight tourists reached 54.7198 million, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year. Among the inbound overnight tourists, there were 21.3989 million foreigners, an increase of 18.2% over the previous year; 29.2997 million Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year; and 4.0212 million Taiwanese compatriots, an increase of 4.7% over the previous year.

——International tourism (foreign exchange) revenue reached US$41.919 billion, an increase of 23.5% over the previous year.

2. Domestic Tourism Performance

In 2007, my country's domestic tourism continued to grow strongly, with both the number of tourists and tourism revenue maintaining double-digit growth.

——The number of domestic tourists nationwide reached 1.610 billion, an increase of 15.5% over the previous year. Among them: 612 million were urban residents and 998 million were rural residents.

——The national domestic tourism revenue was 777.062 billion yuan, an increase of 24.7% over the previous year. Among them: urban residents’ tourism consumption was 555.039 billion yuan, and rural residents’ tourism consumption was 222.023 billion yuan.

——The per capita spending on domestic tourism across the country was 482.65 yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year. Among them: urban residents’ per capita domestic travel spending is 906.93 yuan, and rural residents’ per capita domestic travel spending is 222.47 yuan.

——During the three "golden weeks" of the Spring Festival, May Day and National Day, the country received 417 million domestic tourists and achieved tourism revenue of 181.6 billion yuan.

3. Inbound tourist source markets

1. Foreign markets

In 2007, the foreign inbound market grew rapidly. Compared with the previous year, The number of people coming to China from all continents has increased by more than 10%. The number of inbound foreign tourists throughout the year was 26.1097 million, an increase of 17.6% over the previous year.

——The Asian market is still the largest. The total number of arrivals from Asian countries increased by 18.2% over the previous year, accounting for 61.5% of the total number of foreigners entering the country, and the market share increased by 0.3 percentage points over the previous year. Among them: South Korea continues to rank as the largest source country of inbound tourists.

——The intercontinental market continues to maintain strong growth, with double-digit year-on-year growth in the number of arrivals. Compared with the previous year, the number of arrivals from Europe, America, Oceania and Africa increased by 17.7%, 13.1%, 14.1% and 29.1% respectively.

——The number of days of stay and per capita daily expenditure of foreign overnight tourists increased compared with the previous year. In 2007, the average stay time of foreign overnight tourists in the country was 7.0 days, an increase of 0.1 day over the previous year; the per capita daily expenditure was US$196.39, an increase of US$21.32 over the previous year, and a year-on-year increase of 12.2%.

The number of inbound tourists and their growth in 2007 for the 16 major tourist source countries are as follows:

Serial number

Country

Number of inbound tourists

Increase over the previous year

(10,000 passengers)

(%)

1

South Korea

p>

477.68

21.7

2

Japan

397.75

6.2

3

Russia

300.39

24.9

4

United States

190.12

11.2

5

Malaysia

106.20

16.6

6

Singapore

92.20

11.4

7

Philippines

83.30

p>

18.3

8

Mongolia

68.20

8.0

9

Thailand

61.16

3.3

10

Australia

60.74

12.9

11

UK

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

2. Markets in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

In 2007, the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets continued to develop, while the Macao market was affected by many factors and declined slightly compared with the previous year.

——In 2007, the number of arrivals in the Hong Kong market was 77.9489 million, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year. Among them: 25.3912 million overnight tourists, an increase of 6.2% over the previous year, accounting for 32.6%; 52.5577 million one-day tourists, an increase of 5.1% over the previous year, accounting for 67.4%.

——In 2007, the number of arrivals in Macau was 23.1868 million, a decrease of 5.0% from the previous year. Among them: 3.9085 million overnight tourists, a decrease of 3.8% from the previous year, accounting for 16.9%; the number of one-day tourists was 19.2783 million, a decrease of 5.3% from the previous year, accounting for 83.1%.

——In 2007, the number of visitors to the Taiwan market was 4.6279 million, an increase of 4.9% over the previous year.

IV. Inbound tourism reception and income in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities

——In 2007, the total number of inbound tourists received by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country was 73.1138 million, which was 73.1138 million. It increased by 19.1% last year. Countries with receptions exceeding 500,000 include Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, Fujian, Shandong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Anhui, Tianjin, Henan, Hebei, Chongqing, 25 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Hainan, Shanxi, Jiangxi and Jilin. Guangdong Province received 24.6087 million inbound tourists, continuing to rank first in the country.

——In 2007, all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country received a total of 42.429 million foreign tourists, an increase of 20.8% over the previous year. Countries with receptions exceeding 400,000 include Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Hunan, Anhui, Hebei, Chongqing, Hainan, 25 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Henan, Shanxi, Jilin and Xinjiang. Guangdong Province received 6.2851 million foreign tourists, continuing to rank first in the country.

——In 2007, the countries with international tourism (foreign exchange) income exceeding US$100 million were Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Liaoning, Yunnan, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Shaanxi, 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Hubei, Chongqing, Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Hainan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Jilin, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Guizhou. Guangdong Province’s tourism (foreign exchange) revenue reached US$8.706 billion, continuing to rank first in the country.