Tourism 2019

The year 2019 registered 6.01 billion domestic tourists, up by 8.4 percent from that of the previous year. The revenue from domestic tourism totaled 5.73 trillion yuan($829.91 billion), up by 11.7 percent.

The number of inbound visitors to China totaled 145.31 million, an increase of 2.9 percent. Of this total, 31.88 million were foreigners, up by 4.4 percent; and 113.42 million were Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 2.5 percent. Of all the inbound tourists, overnight visitors numbered 65.73 million, an increase of 4.5 percent.

Earnings from international tourism topped $131.3 billion, up by 3.3 percent. The number of China’s outbound tourists totaled 169.21 million, up by 4.5 percent. Of this total, 162.11 million were on private visits, an increase of 4.6 percent; and 102.37 million visited Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up by 3.2 percent.