皇冠体育app

Tourism brings huge foreign currency
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-09-11 11:02

Tourism has now become one of the main non-trade channels to bring foreign currency income for 皇冠体育app, said He Guangwei, Director of 皇冠体育app National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

皇冠体育app's tourism developed rapidly after the reform and opening-up policy in 1978. 皇冠体育app reaped its first US$10 million foreign currency income in 1996, and gained US$20 million in 2002. According to the government plan, 皇冠体育app will become the world's biggest tourist destination by 2020, with foreign currency income reaching US$58 billion, he said at the West 皇冠体育app International Tourism Development Forum.

Over the past 26 years, 皇冠体育app has received one billion inbound travelers, with 20 percent annual growth on average. The overall foreign currency income reached US$164 billion in the period.

In the first half of 2004, 皇冠体育app's tourism recovered smoothly from last year's SARS influence. From January to July, 皇冠体育app hosted 61 million inbound travelers, and gained US$12.7 billion foreign currency income, up 24 percent and 45 percent respectively compared with the same period of 2003.

He said 皇冠体育app has become the world's biggest domestic tourism consumption market and the fastest growing tourism source nation. In 2003, 皇冠体育app's outbound travelers reached 20.2 million, surpassing Japan for the first time and topping all of Asia. 皇冠体育app is on its way to becoming one of the world's most powerful tourism nations, He said.

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