--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies
Info
FedEx
China Post
China Air Express
Hospitals in China
Chinese Embassies
Foreign Embassies
Golfing China
China
Construction Bank
People's
Bank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Travel Agencies
China Travel Service
China International Travel Service
Beijing Youth Travel Service
Links
China Tours
China National Tourism Administration

Beijing Receives More Overseas Tourists
A history of more than 3,000 years, a traditional folk culture and rapid modernization have made Beijing an attractive destination for more and more tourists around the world.

A record of 3.104 million overseas tourists came to the Chinese capital in 2002, an 8.6 percent rise over the previous year, according to the municipal statistics bureau.

Overseas visitors brought a record 3.1 billion yuan (US$375 million) in tourism income to the city last year, according to statistics published in the Beijing Star Daily.

Each overseas tourist stayed in Beijing for 4.3 days on average indicating the city's tremendous appeal, the paper said.

The number of tourists from the Republic of Korea went up 16.1 percent on a yearly basis to 380,000, and those from Japan and the United States grew by 11.4 percent and 13 percent to reach 565,000and 374,000 respectively.

But slight decreases were recorded in the number of tourists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

(Xinhua News Agency January 31, 2003)

Too Much Cash Is a Problem
Hong Kong's Visitor Arrivals Hit 16.57 Million in 2002
Operators Eye Maglev's Tourism Potential
China, Vietnam Specify Security Responsibilities in Cross-border Tourism
Tourism Officials Face Dilemma
Macao's Tourist Industry Makes Another Leap in 2002
Finland Seeks to Attract More Chinese Tourists
Guilin Draws Record Number of Overseas Tourists
Tourists Trapped on Peak Rescued
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688