World to Share 'China's Gold Tours' Kicking off for First Time in Ever Broader Scale

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World to Share 'China's Gold Tours' Kicking off for First Time in Ever Broader Scale

The "Gold Week" of tours in Chinese Spring Festivals is close at hand. During the days to come the outbound tourists from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will be estimated to overtake 100,000 heads. While some western countries of thousands miles away that do not have the tradition of spending Spring Festivals are ready to host these tourists from China in great expectation.

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The Chinese outbound tour has seen a striking increase ever since it was kicked off in 1990 and especially during the period from 1997 to 2000 the annual increase rate of outbound tourists reached 30 percent. The statistics showed that last year the outbound tourists from China came to a total of 12.13 million person/times.

At present China has decided to take in 22 countries and regions as its tourist destination in the world.

Judging from the materials of some foreign organizations the expense on consumption by Chinese tourists abroad is higher than the average in the destination market. As it is stated in the newly published "China Tourism Green Paper" the expense of every Chinese tourist in Australia averages US$ 3,000 each time and that in the US is US$ 5,500 every person/time. According to a rough estimation every year will see Chinese tourists spend abroad a minimum of over 20 billion in US dollars.

By PD Online staff member Han Rongliang

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