18-18 Development of Tourism
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Number of Travel Agencies                                           (unit)	17957	18943	20110	20399
International Travel Agencies	1654	1797	1970
Domestic Travel Agencies	16303	17146	18140
Number of Star-rated Hotel                                          (unit)	12751	13583	14099	14237
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals(10 000 person-times)	12494.21	13187.33	13002.74	12647.59	13376.22
Foreigners	2221.03	2610.97	2432.53	2193.75	2612.69
Chinese Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao	9831.84	10113.57	10131.65	10005.44	10249.48
Chinese Compatriots From Taiwan Province	441.35	462.79	438.56	448.40	514.06
Overnight Tourists	4991.34	5471.98	5304.92	5087.52	5566.45
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors	3452.36	4095.40	4584.44	4765.62	5738.65
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	2879.91	3492.40	4013.12	4220.97	5150.79
Number of Domestic Visitors     (100 million person-times)	13.94	16.10	17.12	19.02	21.03
Tourism Earnings
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism	339.49	419.19	408.43	396.75	458.14
(100 million USD)
Earnings from Domestic Tourism             (100 million yuan)	6229.74	7770.62	8749.30	10183.69	12579.77
a) Since 2009, travel agencies are not divided into international and domestic travel agencies.