19-1  Development of Tourism
Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total Number of Travel Agencies                  (unit)	7326	8993	10532	11552	13361
International Travel Agencies	1256	1268	1310	1349	1364
Domestic Travel Agencies	6070	7725	9222	10203	11997
Number of Staff and Workers of Travel	108830	164336	192408	229147	249802
Agencies                                                     (person)
International Travel Agencies	47153	68093	72801	89128	100742
Domestic Travel Agencies	61677	96243	119607	140019	149060
Total Number of Tourist Hotel    (unit)	7035	10481	7358	8880	9751
Total Number of International Tourists	7279.56	8344.39	8901.29	9790.83	9166.21	10903.82
Arrival to China                  (10 000 person-times)
Foreigners	843.23	1016.04	1122.64	1343.95	1140.29	1693.25
Overseas Chinese	10.81	7.55
Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao	6167.06	7009.93	7434.45	8080.82	7752.73	8842.05
Compatriots from Taiwan	258.46	310.86	344.20	366.06	273.19	368.53
Tourists (Overnight Visitors)  (10 000 person-times)	2704.66	3123.60	3316.67	3680.26	3297.05	4176.14
Total Number of Domestic Resident Outbound	923.24	1047.26	1213.44	1660.23	2022.19	2885.00
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	426.61	563.09	694.67	1007.39	1481.09	2298.00
Total Number of Domestic Tourists	71900	74400	78400	87800	87000	110200
(10 000 person-times)
Tourism Earnings
International Tourism Earnings    (100 million USD)	140.99	162.24	177.92	203.85	174.06	257.39
Domestic Tourism Earnings         (100 million yuan)	2831.92	3175.32	3522.36	3878.36	3442.27	4710.71
a) Prior to 2000, the total number of tourist hotels is the number of hotels concerning foreign affairs.