Tourism |
Brief Introduction |
I. Tourist statistics cover international and domestic
tourism. the contents of this chapter include total
number of international tourists received (foreigners, overseas Chinese,
Chinese compatriots from |
II. Statistics in this chapter are compiled by the Department
of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of the National Bureau of Statistics
on the basis of data from the Ministry of Public Security and State Tourism
Administration. Sources of data are as follows: number of international
tourists entering into China and Chinese residents going abroad is provided
by the Frontier Administration of the Ministry of Public Security; number of international
tourists received by province, number of international tourists received by travel
agency, number of domestic tourists and earnings from domestic tourism are
provided by the State Tourism Administration; figures on the earnings from
international tourism before 1994 are provided by the Department of Trade and
Foreign Economic Relations Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics
using data on the expenditure of Foreign Exchange Certificates by international
tourists, and since 1994, by the State Tourism Administration; data on basic
situation of travel agencies and tourist hotels are provided the State
Tourism Administration. |
III. Data collection approaches: data on the earnings from international and domestic tourism and domestic tourists are collected from sample surveys, while statistics on other items are from administrative reports. |