Growing inbound tourism interest in China: 69.5 million visitors

BEJING - China received 69.5 million inbound visits in the first six months of the year, compared to 62.3 million outbound visits, according to a National Tourism Administration report.

In 2016, the number of inbound visitors reached 138 million, a historical high since the international financial crisis of 2008 and an increase of 3.5% over the previous year, the China Daily reported.

Income from international tourism grew 5.6% to USD 120 billion in the same period.  www.webersandwick.cn (ATI).