18-19 Development of Tourism
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of Travel Agencies                                           (unit)	16245	17957	18943	20110
International Travel Agencies	1556	1654	1797	1970
Domestic Travel Agencies	14689	16303	17146	18140
Number of Star-rated Hotel                                          (unit)	11828	12751	13583	14099
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals(10 000 person-times)	12029.23	12494.21	13187.33	13002.74	12647.59
Foreigners	2025.51	2221.03	2610.97	2432.53	2193.75
Chinese Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao	9592.79	9831.84	10113.57	10131.65	10005.44
Chinese Compatriots From Taiwan Province	410.92	441.35	462.79	438.56	448.40
Overnight Tourists	4680.90	4991.34	5471.98	5304.92	5087.52
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors	3102.63	3452.36	4095.40	4584.44	4765.62
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	2514.00	2879.91	3492.40	4013.12	4220.97
Number of Domestic Visitors     (100 million person-times)	12.12	13.94	16.10	17.12	19.02
Tourism Earnings
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism	292.96	339.49	419.19	408.43	396.75
(100 million USD)
Earnings from Domestic Tourism             (100 million yuan)	5285.86	6229.74	7770.62	8749.30	10183.69