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.