18-18  Development of Tourism
Item	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of Travel Agencies                                           (unit)	18943	20110	20399	22784
Number of Star-rated Hotel                                          (unit)	13583	14099	14237	13991
Number of Overseas Visitor Arrivals(10 000 person-times)	13187.33	13002.74	12647.59	13376.22	13542.35
Foreigners	2610.97	2432.53	2193.75	2612.69	2711.20
Chinese Compatriots From Hong Kong and Macao	10113.57	10131.65	10005.44	10249.48	10304.85
Chinese Compatriots From Taiwan Province	462.79	438.56	448.40	514.06	526.30
Overnight Tourists	5471.98	5304.92	5087.52	5566.45	5758.07
Number of Chinese Outbound Visitors	4095.40	4584.44	4765.62	5738.65	7025.00
(10 000 person-times)
For Private Purpose	3492.40	4013.12	4220.97	5150.79	6411.79
Number of Domestic Visitors     (100 million person-times)	16.10	17.12	19.02	21.03	26.41
Tourism Earnings
Foreign Exchange Earnings from International Tourism	419.19	408.43	396.75	458.14	484.64
(100 million USD)
Earnings from Domestic Tourism             (100 million yuan)	7770.62	8749.30	10183.69	12579.77	19305.39