Tourism 2015

The year 2015 registered four billion domestic tourists, up 10.5 percent from the previous year. The revenue from domestic tourism totaled 3.42 trillion yuan($549.02 billion), up 13.1 percent.

The number of inbound visitors to China totaled 133.82 million, an increase of 4.1 percent. Of this total, 25.99 million were foreigners, down 1.4 percent; and 107.83 million were Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 5.6 percent. Of all the inbound tourists, overnight visitors numbered 56.89 million, an increase of 2.3 percent.

Earnings from international tourism topped $113.7 billion, up 7.8 percent. The number of China’s outbound tourists totaled 127.86 million, up 9.7 percent. Of this total, 121.72 million were on private visits, a year-on-year rise of 10.6 percent; and 85.88 million visited Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 4.4 percent.