18-1  Development of Tourism
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Travel Agencies                                   (unit)	11552	13361	14927	16245	17957
International Travel Agencies	1349	1364	1460	1556	1654
Domestic Travel Agencies	10203	11997	13467	14689	16303
Engaged Persons of Travel Agencies              (person)	229147	249802	246219	248919	285917
International Travel Agencies	89128	100742	89342	89250	98727
Domestic Travel Agencies	140019	149060	156877	159669	187190
Number of Star-rated Hotel                                  (unit)	8880	9751	10888	11828	12751
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals (10 000 person-times)	9790.83	9166.21	10903.82	12029.23	12494.21	13187.33
Foreigners	1343.95	1140.29	1693.25	2025.51	2221.03	2610.97
Chinese Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao	8080.82	7752.73	8842.05	9592.79	9831.84	10113.57
Chinese Compatriots From Taiwan Province	366.06	273.19	368.53	410.92	441.35	462.79
Overnight Tourists                         (10 000 person-times)	3680.26	3297.05	4176.14	4680.90	4991.34	5471.98
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors (10 000 person-times)	1660.23	2022.19	2885.00	3102.63	3452.36	4095.40
For Private Purpose	1006.14	1481.09	2298.00	2514.00	2879.91	3492.40
Number of Domestic Visitors (100 million person-times)	8.78	8.70	11.02	12.12	13.94	16.10
Tourism Earnings
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism (100 million USD)	203.85	174.06	257.39	292.96	339.49	419.19
Earnings from Domestic Tourism      (100 million yuan)	3878.36	3442.27	4710.71	5285.86	6229.74	7770.62