19-1  Development of Tourism
Item	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total Number of Travel Agencies                  (unit)	8993	10532	11552	13361	14927
International Travel Agencies	1268	1310	1349	1364	1460
Domestic Travel Agencies	7725	9222	10203	11997	13467
Number of Staff and Workers of Travel	164336	192408	229147	249802	246219
Agencies                                                     (person)
International Travel Agencies	68093	72801	89128	100742	89342
Domestic Travel Agencies	96243	119607	140019	149060	156877
Total Number of Tourist Hotel    (unit)	10481	7358	8880	9751	10888
Total Number of International Tourists	8344.39	8901.29	9790.83	9166.21	10903.82	12029.23
Arrival to China                  (10 000 person-times)
Foreigners	1016.04	1122.64	1343.95	1140.29	1693.25	2025.51
Overseas Chinese	7.55
Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao	7009.93	7434.45	8080.82	7752.73	8842.05	9592.79
Compatriots from Taiwan	310.86	344.20	366.06	273.19	368.53	410.92
Tourists (Overnight Visitors)  (10 000 person-times)	3123.60	3316.67	3680.26	3297.05	4176.14	4680.90
Total Number of Domestic Resident Outbound	1047.26	1213.44	1660.23	2022.19	2885.00	3102.63
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	563.09	694.67	1007.39	1481.09	2298.00	2514.00
Total Number of Domestic Tourists	74400	78400	87800	87000	110200	121200
(10 000 person-times)
Tourism Earnings
International Tourism Foreign Exchange Earnings	162.24	177.92	203.85	174.06	257.39	292.96
(100 million USD)
Domestic Tourism Earnings         (100 million yuan)	3175.54	3522.36	3878.36	3442.27	4710.71	5285.86
a) In 2000, the total number of tourist hotels is the number of hotels concerning foreign affairs.