Tourism 2017

The year 2017 registered five billion domestic tourists, up 12.8 percent from the previous year. The revenue from domestic tourism totaled 4.57 trillion yuan($676.28 billion), up 15.9 percent.

The number of inbound visitors to China totaled 139.48 million, an increase of 0.8 percent. Of this total, 29.17 million were foreigners, up 3.6 percent; and 110.32 million were Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the same level as that of the previous year. Of all the inbound tourists, overnight visitors numbered 60.74 million, an increase of 2.5 percent.

Earnings from international tourism topped $123.4 billion, up 2.9 percent. The number of China’s outbound tourists totaled 142.73 million, up 5.6 percent. Of this total, 135.82 million were on private visits, an increase of 5.7 percent; and 86.98 million visited Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 3.6 percent.