Compared with the booming outbound tourism market, China's inbound tourism has experienced relatively slow development over the years. Recently, with the orderly expansion of China's visa-free "circle of friends" policy and increased international flight frequencies, foreign tourists' willingness to visit China has gradually strengthened, driving comprehensive recovery and development in the inbound tourism market.
Developing inbound tourism can enhance China's service trade exports, create employment opportunities, and foster entrepreneurial initiatives in tourism-related sectors. Simultaneously, it facilitates global understanding of China, promotes cultural exchange and mutual learning, effectively improves humanized development of domestic infrastructure, accelerates internationalization of service industries, and enhances citizens' global competence and cultural inclusiveness.
CnOpenData has compiled statistical information on tourist source countries from 2001 to 2017 across 60 Chinese cities, providing valuable support for related research.
Time Coverage
2001-2017
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Relevant Literature
- Rossello, Jaume, Santana-Gallego, M (2024). The effect of visa types on international tourism. Economic Modelling,137,106757.
- Lin Yuxia, Lin Bishu, Sun Xiaolong (2016). "Differential Impacts of World Heritage Status on Inbound Tourism: A Cohort Analysis Based on Overseas Tourists in China", Economic Management, No.12.
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