China Third Tourist Destination

Posted by david on Dec 30, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Going by trends, tourism travel to China should surpass the US by 2015 and vie for the top spot within a decade.  In terms of international tourism receipts, China was 4th with US$48.5 billion in 2011 behind the US, Spain, and France.  In 2010, if receipts for mainland China, Macao, and Hong Kong are added together, the figure approached totals for the US.  (Figures were not available for Macao in 2011). 

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Topping the United Nations World Trade Organisation (UNWTO) Tourism Highlights 2012 list was France with 79 million tourist arrivals, followed by United States (62 million), China (58 million), Spain (57 million), Italy (46 million), Turkey (29.3 million), United Kingdom (29.2 million), Germany (28.4 million), Malaysia (24.7 million), and Mexico (23.4 million).

– thestar online (Malaysia)