18-1     Development of Tourism
           
Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
           
  Total Number of Travel Agencies              4986 6222 7326 8993 10532
      International Travel Agencies              991 1312 1256 1268 1310
      Domestic Travel Agencies                   3995 4910 6070 7725 9222
  Number of Staff and Workers of Travel        94829 100448 108830 164336 192408
    Agencies                                                 (person)                        
      International Travel Agencies              48881 52290 47153 68093 72801
      Domestic Travel Agencies                   45948 48158 61677 96243 119607
  Total Number of Tourist Hotel    (unit)              5201 5782 7035 10481 7358
  Total Number of International Tourists       5758.79 6347.84 7279.56 8344.39 8901.29
    Arrival to China                      (10 000 persons)
      Foreigners                                 742.80 710.77 843.23 1016.04 1122.64
      Overseas Chinese                           9.90 12.07 10.81 7.55  
      Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao       4794.33 5407.54 6167.06 7009.93 7434.45
      Compatriots from Taiwan                    211.76 217.46 258.46 310.86 344.20
  Total Number of Domestic Resident Outbound   817.54 842.56 923.24 1047.26 1213.44
  (10 000 persons)                        
      For Private Purpose                        243.96 319.02 426.61 563.09 694.67
  Total Number of Domestic Tourists            64400 69450 71900 74400 78400
  (10 000 persons)
  Receipts of Tourism                                                   
      International Tourism Receipts       120.74 126.02 140.99 162.24 177.92
  (USD 100 million)                        
      Domestic Tourism Receipts            2112.70 2391.18 2831.92 3175.32 3522.36
  (100 million yuan)                                      
           
           
a) Prior to 2000, the total number of tourist hotels is the number of hotels that concerning foreign affairs.