China forecasts tourism rise
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China’s tourism revenue is expected to rise 3% this year to CNY1.2 trillion (US$175.6 billion) as rising domestic travel offsets falling international tourism, Xinhua has reported. Revenue from international visitors is expected to fall 5% to US$35 billion, while domestic receipts are forecast to rise 8% to CNY950 billion, the report stated, citing a published by the China Tourism Academy, a tourism research institute under the National Tourism Administration.
The report said China expected to see 124 million inbound trips this year, also down 5% from a year earlier. However the number of inbound tours longer than one night is expected to drop 10% to 48.2 million.
Dai Bin, Deputy Director with the academy, said that the inbound sector was unlikely to recover in the second half, having decline 5% in the first six months of 2009. He added however, that tourism authorities have launched a series of stimulus plans to boost domestic tourism, such as the issuing of tourism coupons, which have helped buoy domestic tourism. Domestic tours are expected to total 1.9 billion for the year, up 10% from 2008.
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