TOURISTS to CHINA

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TOURISTS to CHINA
Mar 3, 2006 18:35	#11
SABERXLCR Points: Join Date: Jan 8, 2006 Status: Offline	Tourist visitors to China annually (2005): 3.5 million Koreans. 2.0 million Japanese. No other nation comes close to visiting the PRC as a tourist. The West - North America and Europe are the fastest growing sector of tourism to China, but these numbers will not show up until next year due to the decrease of tourists because of the SARS epidemic.

Mar 4, 2006 04:06	#12
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	And where did you get the datas???

Mar 5, 2006 19:55	#13
ROGERINCA Points: Join Date: Jun 28, 2005 Status: Offline	I would like to see what the number is for Americans visting China ??? I am sure it must be increasing each year !!?? I still think that China is the very best travel bargain for the traveler, on this planet !!! :) :)

Mar 5, 2006 20:02	#14
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	Haha, Westerns were getting more and more......

Mar 5, 2006 20:30	#15
ANGELICDAW Points: Join Date: Feb 20, 2006 Status: Offline	i think it's not easy to get accurate stats on visitors bec even some residents are technically visitors accdg to visa status. anyway hope the links (in chinese) here helps: http://www.expo2010china.com/expo/chinese/rdzt/node681/userobject1ai26227.html: http://english.people.com.cn/200501/07/eng20050107_169994.html

Mar 5, 2006 21:44

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SAYHITOANT
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I didn't see alot of Westerners when I visited Jiangnan, Fujian & Sichuan in 2002, 2004 & 2005 respectively. There were a handful of them in places like Shanghai, Jiuzhaigou and Wuyishan. Most tourists are chinese mainly from Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan & Hongkong. I have the same observation as PINETREE i.e. majority of them tend to be older people. I'm already 30+ but I am one of the youngest in a tour group of more than 30 people.

Mar 5, 2006 21:48	#17
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Yes, many of the visitors are elder person such as retired ppl. When we are young, we don't have enough time and money; When we have enough time and money, we are old.

Mar 5, 2006 22:03

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SAYHITOANT
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I think China needs to do something quickly if they wish to attract the younger generation to the country.

My friends and colleagues who are around my age or younger just don't understand why I visited China almost every year for the past 4 years. When I wanted to visit Sichuan in 2005, many of them would ask me "Huh, China again! why do you like China so much?"

I am tired of explaining to them that China has so much to offer such as beautiful scenaries, rich cultures, fastastic foods, value for money, cheap DVDs, the toilets are quite clean now, etc.

Mar 5, 2006 22:07	#19
ROGERINCA Points: Join Date: Jun 28, 2005 Status: Offline	May, you are so smart !!! You have made the [new] Chinese proverb !!! Quote: MAY001--When we are young, we don't have enough time and money; When we have enough time and money, we are old…... Another way to say this, is that ……“Youth is wasted on the young” !!!! LOL LOL

Mar 5, 2006 22:34	#20
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Thands, ROGERINCA, I'm really flattered! Hoping that I can be a young, energetic, free and of course rich tourist!

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