Fujian's tourism industry grew rapidly in the first half of 2012, as the province received 744.6 million tourists, with the number of overseas visitors reaching 2.1 million - an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Revenues reached 82 billion yuan ($13.4 billion), or 15.2 percent higher than the same period of the previous year.
Table 1: Number of domestic tourists and revenues in 2012 (for period of January to June)
|
First quarter |
Second quarter |
June |
|
|
Number of tourists (millions) |
33.65 |
38.74 |
12.53 |
|
Increase (%） |
16.7 |
14.0 |
12.1 |
|
Revenues（billion yuan） |
341.04 |
357.18 |
117.69 |
|
Increase （%） |
15.8 |
14.5 |
9.9 |
Table 2: Tourist arrivals in 2012 (by country of origin, for period of January to June)
|
Number of tourists (tens of thousands) |
Increase（％） |
|
|
Total |
79.17 |
20.6 |
|
Asia |
43.53 |
25.2 |
|
Japan |
13.34 |
48.3 |
|
South Korea |
4.93 |
26.9 |
|
Indonesia |
2.64 |
9.2 |
|
Malaysia |
8.73 |
17.1 |
|
Singapore |
7.61 |
3.6 |
|
Thailand |
1.56 |
14.2 |
|
India |
1.17 |
16.6 |
|
Vietnam |
0.26 |
20.3 |
|
Pakistan |
0.13 |
37.3 |
|
Europe |
11.65 |
35.0 |
|
United Kingdom |
2.17 |
49.8 |
|
France |
1.21 |
19.3 |
|
Germany |
1.82 |
16.0 |
|
Italy |
1.34 |
58.2 |
|
Sweden |
0.39 |
42.8 |
|
Russia |
0.78 |
42.0 |
|
Spain |
0.52 |
12.1 |
|
North America |
20.36 |
2.9 |
|
United States |
17.45 |
3.0 |
|
Oceania |
2.50 |
40.0 |
|
Australia |
2.10 |
28.2 |
|
New Zealand |
0.45 |
61.8 |
|
Africa |
1.13 |
69.8 |
