Explanatory Notes on Main
Statistical Indicators
Hotel
Services refer to
the charged accommodation services provided to customers, excluding the long term
accommodation service activities such as rental housing and apartments(it is
under real estate development and management).
Catering
Services refer to the activities of enterprises providing
on-the-spot services of selling food cooked and prepared to the customer in
certain sites
Business
Revenue refers to
revenue received from providing services or selling commodities by enterprises
and establishments engaged in hotels and catering services, including income
from hotels, from catering services, from selling of commodities and from other
services. Income from hotels refers to income of enterprises and establishments
engaged in hotels and catering services by providing lodging services. Income
from catering services refers to income of enterprises and establishments
engaged in hotels and catering services by providing catering services,
including selling of cooked or prepared foods, such as staple food, cooked
dishes, or cold dishes.
Number
of Tourists
(1) Visitor
arrivals refer to the number of foreigners, Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong,
Macao and Taiwan Chinese (mainland) who come to China (mainland) for
sight-seeing, vacation, visiting relatives, medical treatment, shopping,
attending conference, or to engage in economic, cultural, sports and religious
activities. In compiling
statistics, each time of entering
(2) Number
of Chinese residents going abroad refer to the number of Chinese (mainland)
residents going to other countries, Hong Kong Special Administrative region,
Macao Special Administrative region and Taiwan for on official or private
purposes, for sight-seeing, vacation, visiting relatives, medical treatment,
shopping, attending conference, or to engage in economic, cultural, sports and
religious activities. In compiling statistics, each time of leaving is counted
as one person-time.
(3) Number of domestic tourists refers to
the number of Chinese (mainland) residents who travel within
Foreign
Exchange Earnings from International Tourism
refer to the total expenditure of foreigners, overseas Chinese, Chinese
compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan during their stay in the mainland
of China on transportation,sighting, accommodation,
food, shopping and entertainment.
Income from Domestic Tourism refer to expenditure of domestic tourists
on transportation, sighting, accommodation, food, shopping and entertainment
while they travel.
International
Travel Agencies refer to travel agencies engaged in
tourism entering
Domestic Travel Agencies refer to travel agencies only engaged in
domestic tourism.
Star-rated Hotels refer to hotels rated with stars as
assessed by the relevant tourism authorities according to GB/T14308-2003
standard with reference to their infrastructure, facilities and service levels.