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Tourist arrivals in China resume rising in February
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-03-27 13:52 China's tourist arrivals
started to resume rising in February to 7.533 million, up 2.13 percent over the
same period last year, sources with the National Tourism Administration said.
Compared to February last year, when China's tourism suffered from SARS,
China this year saw a rise in tourist arrivals from Hong Kong, Macao and foreign
countries, but not Taiwan.
According to the statistics, the number of tourists from foreign countries,
Hong Kong and Macao reached 1.1022 million, 4.6579 million and 1.5201 million,
up 5.72 percent, 2.05 percent and5.62 percent respectively over the last same
period.
Among 16 major tourism source countries, five Asian countries saw a decline
in the number of tourists going to China due to the bird flu epidemic, while 11
countries achieved a rise and eight ofthem reached double-digit growth, the
statistics show.
The total tourism income in foreign exchange in February reached 1.561
billion US dollars, down by 1.37 percent over the previous same period, the
statistics said.
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