Daily news, 14 Jul 2009, BEIJING – China’s tourism revenue is expected to rise three percent this year to RMB1.2 trillion (US$175.6 billion) as rising domestic travel will help offset falling inbound tourism, that has been affected by the global recession and H1N1 pandemic.
A tourism report released last week by the China Tourism Academy, a tourism research institute under the National Tourism Administration, said the total revenue would include US$35 billion earned from overseas tourists, down five percent from last year, and RMB950 billion from domestic travelers, up eight percent from 2008.