BEIJING - Chinese tourists are expected to make more than six billion domestic trips in 2024, while the combined number of inbound and outbound tourists traveling internationally is expected to exceed 260 million, according to a recent report by the Beijing-based China Tourism Academy (CTA).
The report, which includes a review of China's tourism performance in 2023 and a forecast for 2024, highlights significant recovery in the tourism sector last year.In 2023, domestic tourism in China saw remarkable year-on-year growth of over 100 percent in both the revenue and number of tourists, bouncing back to over 80 percent of the pre-pandemic 2019 level, figures from the report show.
Inbound and outbound international tourism also surged, with the total number of tourists surpassing 190 million, up more than 280 percent from the previous year.
The academy's research team said that the desire to travel among China's residents remained high throughout 2023, with tourists reporting a high level of satisfaction.
The policy think tank set up by the central government in 2008 is the research arm of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).
China's population, comprising the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, stood at 1.409 million at the end of last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
- Xinhua, MPD
Caption: This aerial drone photo taken yesterday shows a dragon dance performance in Taizhou city, eastern Jiangsu province. The Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year) fell on February 10 this year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Chinese Dragon (Loong). - Xinhua
