Market Research Report on Tourism in China


I. The general development survey of tourism in China

1. Development process of China’s tourism industry before and after 1978
2. The status and role of tourism in national economy

II. Facts and figures about tourism development in China
1.Tourism as one of the important industries in China
2.The industrial scale of tourism in China
3.The Bussiness of Tourism Enterprises
4. Subsistent problems of China's tourism

III. China’s Tourism Market
1. The inbound tourism market by overseas tourists
2.the outbound tourism market
3. The domestic tourism market

IV. Prospects for the development of China’s tourist market
1. The potentials for further development
2. Short-term development goals of China’s tourism market
3. Development tendency of overseas inbound tourism market
4. The moderately rapid growth in the inbound tourism
5. The increase in the demand for domestic tourism market
6. Potentiality analysis of tourist market
7. Prospects for China’s tourism market

V. Development of those corresponding trades with China’s tourism industry
1. passenger transport of Civil aviation
2. Railway Passenger Transportation
3. Construction and Transportation of Highway
4. The Museum Industry
5. Frontier Inspection of inbound/outbound

VI. Policies, Laws and Regulations Relevant to Tourist Development
1. The Contents of Main Policies, Laws, and Regulations
2. The tourism related Laws and Regulations

VII. The Impact and contermeasures of tourism industry after China joins WTO
1. The Analysis of the effect on tourism industry after China joins WTO
2. Countermeasure

VIII. Major tourism enterprises in China
1. Brief introduction of China’s top three tourist business groups
2. The top 50 travel agencies
3. Lists of the key foreign-related hotels
4. List of companies on the stock market

List of Tables
Table 1.1 The number of visitors to China in 1978 - 1999
Table 1.2 The number of domestic tourists, receipts and growth rate in 1984-1999
Table 1.3 The number of visitors to foreign countries and the growth rate in 1993- 1998
Table 1.4 The total receipts of tourism and the growth rate in 1985-1998
Table 1.5 The proportion of the receipts from tourism in the GDP and tertiary industry in 1985-1998
Table 1.6 The proportion of domestic tourism consumption per capita to the living expenses per capita in 1990-1998
Table 1.7 The number of employees in China’s international tourism in 1986-1998
Table 2.1 The number of tourism enterprises and institutions around the country in 1991-1998
Table 2.2 The number of international tourism staff in China in 1990-1998
Table 2.3 The number of the whole travel agencies in 1991-1998
Table 2.4 The geographical distribution of the travel agencies in China in 1997-1998
Table 2.5 The number of foreign-related hotels and guest rooms in China in 1978- 1998
Table 2.6 The geographical distribution of foreign-related hotels around China in 1997-1998
Table 2.7 the types of ownership number and constituents of foreign-related hotels in 1995-1998
Table 2.8 The accommodating capacity of the rooms in foreign related hotels, their numbers and constituents, 1990-1998
Table 2.9 Classification of star-rating foreign-related hotels and their constituents,1997-1998
Table 2.10 The capital asserts of the state tourism, 1992-1998
Table 2.11 The investment in tourism industry by the government, 1978-1998
Table 2.12.The performance of China’s foreign-related hotels in terms of types of
ownership, 1997-1998
Table 3.1 The figure of inbound tourists to China in 1978-1999
Table 3.2 The population constituents of inbound tourists to China in 1978-1999
Table 3.3 The number of inbounf overseas tourists to China accommodated by travel agencies in 1997-1998
Table 3.4 The constituents of overseas travelers accommodated by travel agencies in 1997-1998
Table 3.5 The number of inbound foreign tourists to China in 1997-1998 (classified by inbound mode)
Table 3.6 The number of inbound tourists to China in 1998( in terms of age)
Table 3.7 The inbound tourists to China,1997-1998( classified by occupation)
Table 3.8 The number and proportion of inbound tourists to China in 1996- 1998( classified by nationality)
Table 3.9 The foreign exchange revenue from China’s international tourism,1978- 1999
Table 3.10 The constituents of foreign exchange revenue from China’s international tourism, 1996-1998
Table 3.11 the number of inbound overseas tourists received by local travel agents in 1997-1998
Table 3.12 The cities accommodating more than 0.1 million person-time overseas tourists in 1998
Table 3.13 The foreign exchange revenues got by local travel agents from international tourism in 1997-1998
Table 3.14 The number of Chinese citizens going abroad to travel,1993-1998
Table 3.15 The number of Chinese citizens crossing the border(devided by exit mode), 1995-1998
Table 3.16 The top 10 foreign destinations with the largest number of Chinese tourists at their own expense, 1995-1998
Table 3.17 The top 10 Chinese souce areas in terms of the number of people traveling abroad at their own expense, 1995-1998
Table 3.18 Foreign exchange expenditures of Chinese citizens touring abroad, 1982- 1996
Table 3.19 Facts and figures of domestic tourism, 1995-1998
Table 3.20 The proportion of domestic tourism expenditure in GDP, 1978-1998
Table 3.21 The major destinations cities for domestic tourists and the proportions in 1995-1996
Table 3.22 A contrast of tourism expenditure between urban and rural residents, 1995-1998
Table 3.23 The constituents of the traveling aims and the urban tourists, 1998
Table 3.24 The constituents of expenditures by individual domestic tourists, 1998
Table 3.25 The constituents of family income from domestic tourism,1998
Table 3.26 Facts and figures of domestic tourism by rural residents,1998
Table 4.1 China is listed in A Directory of World Heritages
Table 4.2 The top 40 tourist attractions in China (Dec.18, 1991)
Table 5.1 The volume of passenger transport by various means throughout China in 1998
Table 5.2 The national kilometer age of highway, 1994-1998
Table 5.3 The number of automobiles and Taxicabs operated by the nation’s highway Communications department in 1998
Table 5.4 The inbound/outbound population through major frontier bureaus and General frontier stations in 1998
Table 5.5 The inbound/outbound population through China’s frontier inspection in 1997-1998
Table 8.1 The respective top 25 international travel agencies and domestic travel agencies in 1998
Table List of 35 important foreign-related hotels in 1998
Table 8.3 A content of the listed companies in the tourism industry

List of Figures
Fig 3.1 The constituents of overseas travelers to China in 1999
Fig 3.2 The market capacity for China’s international tourism (receipts from international tourism),1978-1999
Fig 3.3 The market capacity for China’s international tourism (the person-time of overseas visitors),1978-1999
Fig 3.4 Contrast the number of tourist and rate of outside tour between urban and rural residents