China has jumped to the third largest inbound tourism reception country and the fourth largest outbound tourism consumer in the world

China has jumped to the third largest inbound tourist reception and the fourth largest outbound tourism consumer in the world. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, Chinese domestic tourists...

China has jumped to the third largest inbound tourist reception and fourth largest outbound tourism consumer in the world. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the number of domestic tourists in China increased by an average of 12% annually; the number of inbound overnight tourists increased by an average of 3.5%; and the number of outbound tourists increased by an average of 19%. my country has now become the world's third largest inbound tourism receiving country and the fourth largest outbound tourism consumer. Man Hongwei, director of the Department of Tourism Promotion and International Cooperation of the National Tourism Administration, said at a press conference held here on the 9th that in the past five years, with the strong support of the government, China’s tourism industry has seized opportunities and taken advantage of favorable opportunities such as the Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo to properly respond to the Wenchuan earthquake disaster, international Despite the impact of many unfavorable factors such as the financial crisis, the main tasks set in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" have been completed, and the tourism industry has maintained a good momentum of stable and rapid development: the total national tourism revenue has grown at an average annual rate of 15%; the per capita travel rate of residents has reached 1.5 times; tourism consumption has contributed more than 10% to social consumption. The positive role of tourism in my country's economic and social development has become more prominent. According to statistics, China's tourism industry achieved steady and rapid growth in 2010, with 2.1 billion domestic tourists, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%; total tourism revenue was 1.57 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.7%; tourism directly employed 13.5 million people; The number of overseas overnight tourists was 55.66 million, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%, making it the world's third largest tourist destination; tourism foreign exchange revenue was US$45.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15.5%; the number of outbound tourists was 57.39 million, a year-on-year increase of 20.4%. Man Hongwei said that 2011 is the first year of China's "Twelfth Five-Year Plan". China's tourism industry will take scientific development as the theme and change the development mode as the main line. It will "comprehensively develop domestic tourism, actively develop inbound tourism, and develop outbound tourism in an orderly manner" and strive to maintain the sustained and rapid development of my country's tourism industry.