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 of hotels and catering services
received from providing services or selling commodities through business
activities, including income from hotels, from catering services, from selling
of commodities and from other services. Income from hotels refers to income of
hotels and catering services by providing lodging services through business
activities. Income from catering services refers to income of 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
tourists of foreigners, Chinese
compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who come to China (mainland)
within the reference period for sight-seeing, vacation, visiting relatives,
medical treatment, shopping, attending conference, or to engage in economic,
cultural, sports and religious activities.
(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
Income
from Domestic Tourism refer to expenditure of domestic tourists on transportation, sighting,
accommodation, food, shopping and entertainment while they travel.
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.