19-1  Development of Tourism
Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of Travel Agencies                                   (unit)	10532	11552	13361	14927	16245	18475
International Travel Agencies	1310	1349	1364	1460	1556	1688
Domestic Travel Agencies	9222	10203	11997	13467	14689	16787
Engaged Persons of Travel Agencies              (person)	192408	229147	249802	246219	248919	293318
International Travel Agencies	72801	89128	100742	89342	89250
Domestic Travel Agencies	119607	140019	149060	156877	159669
Number of Star-rated Hotel                                  (unit)	7358	8880	9751	10888	11828
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals	8901.29	9790.83	9166.21	10903.82	12029.23	12494.21
(10 000 person-times)
Foreigners	1122.64	1343.95	1140.29	1693.25	2025.51	2221.03
Chinese Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao	7434.45	8080.82	7752.73	8842.05	9592.79	9831.83
Chinese Compatriots From Taiwan Province	344.20	366.06	273.19	368.53	410.92	441.35
Overnight Tourists                         (10 000 person-times)	3316.67	3680.26	3297.05	4176.14	4680.90	4991.34
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors	1213.44	1660.23	2022.19	2885.00	3102.63	3452.36
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	694.67	1006.10	1481.09	2298.00	2514.00	2879.91
Number of Domestic Visitors (100 million person-times)	7.84	8.78	8.70	11.02	12.12	13.94
Tourism Earnings
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism	177.92	203.85	174.06	257.39	292.96	339.49
(100 million USD)
Earnings from Domestic Tourism           (100 million yuan)	3522.36	3878.36	3442.27	4710.71	5285.86	6229.74