Tourism in China

Tourism in the people's Republic of China has greatly expanded over the last few decades since the beginning of reforming and opening. The emergence of a newly rich middle-class and an easing of restrictions on movement by the Chinese authorities are both fueling this travel boom. China has become one of the world's most watched and hottest outbound tourist markets. The world is on the cusp of a substantial Chinese outbound tourism boom.
China is the world's fourth largest country for inbound tourism. The number of overseas tourists was 55 million in 2009. Foreign exchange income was 41.9 billion U.S. dollars, the world's fifth largest in 2009. The number of domestic tourist visits totaled 1.61 billion, with a total income of 777.1 billion yuan.
According to the WTO, in 2020, China will become the largest tourist country and the fourth largest for overseas travel. In terms of total outbound travel spending, China is currently ranked fifth and is expected to be the fastest growing in the world from 2006 to 2015, jumping into the number two slot for total travel spending by the year 2015.
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