18-1  Development of Tourism
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of Travel Agencies                                           (unit)	14927	16245	17957	18943
International Travel Agencies	1460	1556	1654	1797
Domestic Travel Agencies	13467	14689	16303	17146
Engaged Persons of Travel Agencies                       (person)	246219	248919	285917	307977
International Travel Agencies	89342	89250	98727	122229
Domestic Travel Agencies	156877	159669	187190	185748
Number of Star-rated Hotel                                          (unit)	10888	11828	12751	13583
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals(10 000 person-times)	10903.82	12029.23	12494.21	13187.33	13002.74
Foreigners	1693.25	2025.51	2221.03	2610.97	2432.53
Chinese Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao	8842.05	9592.79	9831.84	10113.57	10131.65
Chinese Compatriots From Taiwan Province	368.53	410.92	441.35	462.79	438.56
Overnight Tourists	4176.14	4680.90	4991.34	5471.98	5304.92
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors	2885.00	3102.63	3452.36	4095.40	4584.44
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	2298.00	2514.00	2879.91	3492.40	4013.12
Number of Domestic Visitors     (100 million person-times)	11.02	12.12	13.94	16.10	17.12
Tourism Earnings
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism	257.39	292.96	339.49	419.19	408.43
(100 million USD)
Earnings from Domestic Tourism             (100 million yuan)	4710.71	5285.86	6229.74	7770.62	8749.3