What are the reasons for China people's cross-border tourism consumption and shopping

For a country with a long-term economic development and a per capita GDP of only US$ 65,438+0,000, China has become the "number one" in overseas shopping consumption, which deserves serious study. It is understood that the per capita GDP of Europe, America, Japan is tens of thousands of dollars, that of Singapore is 8,000 dollars, and that of Thailand is 2,000 dollars, while China people who shop abroad rank first.

"Beware of the possible negative impact of the excessive growth of outbound tourism." The China Outbound Tourism Research Report released by the Tourism Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences in mid-September last year warned that China's outbound tourism expenditure has exceeded the income of inbound tourism, and China's international tourism as a whole has become a flower exchange industry. According to the report, the total expenditure of outbound tourism in China in 2004 was about US$ 40 billion, equivalent to RMB 332 billion. In the same period, China's domestic tourism consumption was 47 1 1 billion yuan, the total income of inbound tourism was 25.7 billion dollars, and the total contribution of tourism to domestic demand was 684.4 billion yuan. In 2004, the rapid development of outbound tourism accounted for 48.5% of China's total tourism revenue, almost half of the contribution of tourism to domestic demand.