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China Inbound Tourism in 2014

As a whole, China inbound tourism slipped slightly in 2014 compared with 2013. There were 128.4983 million overseas tourists, of which 55.622 million stayed overnight in China, decreased by 0.45% and 0.11% respectively compared with 2013. The total foreign exchange income was USD 56.913 billion.

Statistics of Overseas Tourist Arrivals in 2014

	2014 (million)	2013 (million)	Growth (%)
Total Tourist Arrivals	128.4983	129.0778	-0.45
Foreign Tourists	26.3608	26.2903	0.27
From Hong Kong	76.1317	76.8846	-0.98
From Macau	20.6399	20.7403	-0.48
From Taiwan Province	5.3659	5.1625	3.94

Total that stayed overnight	55.622	55.6859	-0.11
Foreign Tourists	20.8127	20.8071	0.03
From Hong Kong	25.8745	26.0759	-0.77
From Macau	4.2075	4.2297	-0.52
From Taiwan Province	4.7274	4.5732	3.37

International Tourism Receipts

56.913 billion USD

51.664 billion USD

10.16

Statistics of Overseas Visitors By Geographic Area

Statistics of Foreign Visitors
In 2014, 26.3608 million foreigners visited China of which 20.8127 million stayed at least one night, increases of 0.27% and 0.03% respectively compared with 2013. The revenue from foreign tourists, also up 9.84%, totaled USD 35.126 billion.

Asian visitors still composed the largest share of foreign tourists. There were 16.3615 million visitors from Asia comprising 62.07% of the total. South Korea still sent the most tourists to China, 4.1817 million.

The next largest share was from Europe which had a total of 5.4841 million visitors, accounting for 20.8% of the total. Next was the American market, making up 11.78% with a total of 3.1065 million visitors. The fourth largest was the Oceanian market with 0.8101 million, constituting 3.07%. Finally, there were 0.5969 million visitors from Africa, accounting for 2.26%.

Analyzed from the perspective of traveling purpose, most visitors, 8.9299 million or 33.88% came to China for sightseeing/leisure. The second largest group was those who came for meeting/business, totaling 5.3957 million and accounting for 20.47%. Analyzed by age, the majority, 45.91% or 12.1024 million individuals, were ages 25-44; followed by those aged 45-64, who totaled 9.61 million and accounted for 36.46%.

Top 18 tourism source countries
Order	Country	Number of Tourist Arrivals (Unit in 10,000 persons )	Growth over the same period of 2013(%)
01	South Korea	418.17	5.4
02	Japan	271.76	-5.6
03	United States	209.32	0.4
04	Russia	204.58	-6.4
05	Vietnam	170.94	25.2
06	Malaysia	112.96	-6.4
07	Mongolia	108.27	3.1
08	Singapore	97.14	0.5
09	Philippines	96.79	-2.9
10	India	70.99	4.9
11	Australia	67.21	-7.1
12	Canada	66.71	-2.5
13	Germany	66.26	2.1
14	Thailand	61.31	-5.9
15	United Kingdom	60.47	-3.2
16	Indonesia	56.69	-6.4
17	France	51.70	-3.1
18	Kazakhstan	34.36	-12.7

Statistics of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Market
In 2014, 76.1317 million residents of Hong Kong traveled to the mainland, a reduction of 0.98% compared with 2013, and 25.8745 million of them stayed overnight, a decrease of 0.77%. The revenue from Hong Kong tourists in 2014 was USD 11.523 billion, 10.28% more than in 2013. Although decreased a little, Hong Kong remained China’s largest source of tourists.

20.6399 million people from Macau visited the mainland spending USD 3.344 billion, decrease of 0.48% and increase of 12.24% respectively. Among Macau visitors, 4.2075 million stayed at least one night on the mainland, a 0.52% decrease.

There were 5.3659 million visitors from Taiwan and 4.7274 million of them stayed overnight, increases of 3.94% and 3.37% respectively. They spent USD 6.920 billion, an increase of 10.62%.

Data Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of People's Republic of China

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- Last updated on May. 29, 2019 -

Questions & Answers on China Inbound Tourism in 2014

Asked by HK from JAPAN | Mar. 02, 2016 01:55

Hotel Supply in Shanghai and Beijing

Hi, I want to know the number of hotels and the number of hotel rooms in Shanghai and Beijing from 2010 to 2015.

Answers (1)

Answered by Lambert from ARGENTINA | Mar. 02, 2016 18:56

HK, I have not found the exact number of Shanghai and Beijing. But for your reference, until the end of 2014, there are 12,500 star-rated hotels in CN and the number of the total rooms reaches 1.6 million. According to a piece of news at the end of 2015, CN houses the most five-star hotels of the world with the number of 2,940. Since tourism has been rapidly developed in recently years. This number must be increased largely. Hope this will help you!