In 2024, international arrivals in China amounted to nearly *** million. This indicated an almost ** percent increase compared to the previous year, however, the numbers were still below the pre-pandemic level. Among all international arrivals, almost *** million were from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
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International tourism, number of arrivals in China was reported at 30402000 in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - International tourism, number of arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.
In 2018, over ************ South Korean visitors traveled to China (measured in person-times). South Korea remained the most important international source market for China's tourism industry. Japan, Russia, and the United States followed with around *********** person-times. The figures included all visitors ranging from business travelers to people visiting friends and relatives. A significant proportion of overseas travelers visited more than **** cities in China.
China’s inbound tourism industry Over the past decade, China’s revenue from inbound tourism has been a cornerstone contribution to its foreign exchange income despite some fluctuations resulting from international relations. By improving its domestic travel environment, including among others more convenient public transportation and high-speed railways, improved hotel facilities, and refurbished tourist attractions, China managed to attract significant numbers of overseas visitors, with a record-breaking *********** international arrivals in 2019. With COVID-19 gripping the tourism industry worldwide since early 2020, China’s inbound market was no exception. As the vaccination rollouts and other measures mitigated the impact on its domestic travel economy, international tourism in China remains stagnated due to high infection rates outside of China and recurring virus variance. A sketch of China-interested travelers Of the foreign visitors to China, almost **** were aged between 25 and 44 years as observed in 2019. As for their destinations, in the same year, Guangdong province welcomed the largest number of foreign tourists, with approximately *********** arrivals registered for an overnight travel stay. Guangdong’s innovation incubator, Shenzhen, led the most popular cities list for foreign travelers, attracting more than ********** international overnight and same-day visitors in 2017.
China has become one of the driving forces in the global outbound tourism industry. In 2019, the number of outbound tourists from China reached nearly *** million, almost three times as many as in 2010. However, the number of outbound tourists from China dropped to around **** million in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The numbers started slowly picking up in 2023 after border restrictions were removed. In 2024, Chinese made a total of around *** million trips abroad, and the revenue of the Chinese tourism industry accounted for nearly ** percent of the GDP. Tourism boost during Chinese New Year Outbound tourism in China surged during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, with Chinese tourists embarking on approximately *** million overseas trips from February 10 to February 17. This uptick in tourism signifies the resurgence of the Spring Festival holidays as a peak season for global travel. Alipay revealed that its users' spending overseas during this period reached *** percent of the 2019 level, demonstrating a substantial increase of *** percent from 2023. Driving Asia Pacific’s travel boom Asia Pacific’s travel sector has recently experienced robust growth, with flight demand projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, largely due to an increase in Chinese tourists. The visa-free policy introduced by several Southeast Asian countries to attract more visitors from China is a major contributor to this trend. The top destinations for Chinese tourists during the New Year holiday included Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
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Tourist Arrivals in China increased to 2694 Tens of Thousands in 2024 from 1378.38 Tens of Thousands in 2023. This dataset provides - China Tourist Arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.
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<li>China tourist spending for 2003 was <strong>18.71 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>13.96% decline</strong> from 2002.</li>
<li>China tourist spending for 2002 was <strong>21.74 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>14.4% increase</strong> from 2001.</li>
<li>China tourist spending for 2001 was <strong>19.01 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>9.75% increase</strong> from 2000.</li>
</ul>International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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This statistic shows the percentage breakdown of foreign visitor arrivals in China in 2019, by age group. In 2019, approximately ** percent of the foreign visitors travelling to China were between 15 and 24 years old.
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India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Others: East Asia: China data was reported at 9,395.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 8,544.000 Person for 2016. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Others: East Asia: China data is updated yearly, averaging 6,850.000 Person from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2017, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,903.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 4,268.000 Person in 2009. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Others: East Asia: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table IN.QB014: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Port of Entry: Others.
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India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 0 to 14 Years: East Asia: China data was reported at 3,461.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,267.000 Person for 2016. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 0 to 14 Years: East Asia: China data is updated yearly, averaging 1,893.500 Person from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2017, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,461.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 679.000 Person in 2009. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 0 to 14 Years: East Asia: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table IN.QB019: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Age Group: 0 to 14 Years.
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India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Female: East Asia: China data was reported at 89,746.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 93,237.000 Person for 2016. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Female: East Asia: China data is updated yearly, averaging 52,276.500 Person from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2017, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93,237.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 24,285.000 Person in 2008. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Female: East Asia: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table IN.QB017: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Gender: Female.
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India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 45 to 54 Years: East Asia: China data was reported at 37,827.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 40,210.000 Person for 2016. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 45 to 54 Years: East Asia: China data is updated yearly, averaging 24,758.000 Person from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2017, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40,210.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 11,748.000 Person in 2008. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 45 to 54 Years: East Asia: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table IN.QB023: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Age Group: 45 to 54 Years.
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Hong Kong HK: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data was reported at 26,553,000.000 Person in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 26,686,000.000 Person for 2015. Hong Kong HK: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data is updated yearly, averaging 16,926,000.000 Person from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2016, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27,770,000.000 Person in 2014 and a record low of 7,137,000.000 Person in 1998. Hong Kong HK: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;
In 2024, the total revenue from tourism in China amounted to roughly *** trillion yuan. 2020, 2021, and 2022 revenues were estimated to be nearly completely generated by domestic tourism, as strict travel restrictions led to a halt in inbound tourism since February 2020. China in the global tourism industry The global tourism industry had contributed around ten billion U.S. dollars annually to the GDP worldwide over the recent years. The term tourism in this context includes travel for recreation, leisure, business or other purposes. As an interlinked industry, tourism has an impact on several other industries such as retail, accommodation, and transportation. In the past few years, China has been the world’s largest travel and tourism economy, with a global market share surpassing the United States. Tourism in China With rising standards of living, the tourism industry in China experienced a substantial growth spur over the last decade. The Chinese tourism industry reported a **** percent increase in revenue to around *** trillion yuan in 2019, right before the COVID-19 pandemic. Being the fourth largest country in the world by land area, China provides a wide range of natural, historical and cultural sites. China’s tourism industry consists of domestic and international tourism. Around *** billion domestic trips were made in 2024. The number of foreign tourists visiting China that year ranged at only around *** million.The coronavirus pandemic had a strong effect on tourism in China. While only few foreign passengers were allowed to enter the country, the number of domestic travelers has also dropped more than half in 2020 and started slowly increasing again in 2021. In early 2023, after almost three years of closed borders, China finally reopened the country for international travel.
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International tourism, receipts (current US$) in China was reported at 40386000000 USD in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - International tourism, receipts - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.
This statistic shows the number of arrivals of foreign tourists in China from 2009 to 2019. In 2019, approximately **** million arrivals of tourists from abroad in China were registered. These do not include arrivals of tourists from Macau, Hong Kong or Taiwan.
As of March 2024, there were around ******* direct foreign tourist visitors to Bali from China. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Indonesia halted foreign tourist arrivals in 2021. After Indonesia opened its doors again to international tourists in 2022, China was the thirteenth-largest direct tourist feeder market to Bali. Before the pandemic, China was Bali's second-largest feeder market after Australia.
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India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 65 Years and Above: East Asia: China data was reported at 7,417.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8,544.000 Person for 2016. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 65 Years and Above: East Asia: China data is updated yearly, averaging 3,445.000 Person from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2017, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,544.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 1,382.000 Person in 2008. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: 65 Years and Above: East Asia: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table IN.QB025: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Age Group: 65 Years and Above.
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International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in China was reported at 14233000000 USD in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - International tourism, receipts for travel items - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.
In 2024, international arrivals in China amounted to nearly *** million. This indicated an almost ** percent increase compared to the previous year, however, the numbers were still below the pre-pandemic level. Among all international arrivals, almost *** million were from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.