China: a new touism destination and generating country
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- China: a new touism destination and generating country
- outbound tourism
- in 2005, 31 million Chinese travelled abroad spending $15.2 billion. Almost $500 per person
- According to the World tourism Organisation, China will be the fourth largest source of outbound tourists by2020
- At present only 2 percent of China's population travel abroad
- This rapid increase is happening because of:
- rising disposable incomes
- longer holidays
- increasing interest in overseas travel
- relaxed political restriction
- advertising/ promotions by ADS countries anxious to secure their market share of Chinese tourists
- Greater availabilityof travel products and servies in China
- Approved Destination Status (ADS)
- 1991: Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia
- 1999: New Zealand and Australia
- 2005: UK, along with many countries
- 129 countries have ADS from China
- China as a destination
- in 2006 China has 22 million foreign visitors
- China has many diffent high peaks for different places
- Spring: march-April
- Autumn: September - october
- Summer is best for visiting places like Tibet
- Key attractions
- The Forbidden City and Tiananmen square in Beijing
- The terra cotta warriors in Xian
- the 6700km-long Great Wall of China
- the Yangtze River and Three Gorges Dam
- the giant pandas of the Wolong Nature Reserve
- the skyscrapers, shopping and general atmosphere of Hong Kong
- The impact on employment and GDP
- Contribution to GDP is estimated at 2.5 per cent of the industry itself and 12.2 for the wider travel and tourism economy
- The WTTC estimates that 16.6 million people are employed in the tourism industy
- outbound tourism
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