Foreign visitors to China down 5% in first nine months

Source: Xinhua | October 20, 2013, Sunday |

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Foreign visitor arrivals in the Chinese mainland totaled 19.36 million in the first nine months of 2013, down five percent year on year, according to new data from the National Tourism Administration.

Foreign visitor arrivals from Asian nations totaled 11.8 million during the period and declined the most on a year-on-year basis, down 5.92 percent, with arrivals from Japan down 23.84 percent.

Arrivals from North and South America totaled 2.32 million, down 2.55 percent. Arrivals from the United States and Canada totaled 1.55 million and 502,300, down 2.53 percent and 4 percent, respectively, the data showed.

Arrivals from Europe and Oceania also dropped 4.45 percent and 5.23 percent, respectively. However, foreign tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom and France rose 2.7 percent and 1.53 percent, respectively.

In contrast with other continents, Africa's outbound tourist arrivals in China rose 3.77 percent and amounted to 400,700 during the same period, the data showed.

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Foreign visitors to China down 5% in first nine months

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