VISA: American and Asian tourists contribute in a big way to Chinese tourism income

Chinanews Shanghai, September 25 – (by Jiang Yu) Visa Corporation in its newest issue “China Tourism Forecast” reported said that was contributes the biggest community from American and international tourist in the Asian area to Chinese tourism income.

According to this company statistics, in 2008, the overseas tourist carries on the total amount which in China by the Visa network the swipe card expends is 4.6 billion US dollars, 56% expense total amounts from American, Japanese and Hong Kong, South Korean and foreign tourist in Taiwan.

The report said that is attracted the international tourist not only to be restricted in North America and tourist in the Asian area by China certainly, the tourists in global more and more area start to China to be interested. In 25 Chinese most main tourism tourist source market, Brazilian, Indian, Russian and South African various countries’ tourist has achieved the historical high by the Visa network’s swipe card amount of consumption and business volume year rate of increment.

Successfully holds after the Beijing Olympic Games successfully first anniversary, is still thick the international tourist to Chinese traveling’s interest. 10% participants express them possibly in next in two years to Chinese traveling. These participants are come from South Korea and Japan mainly, Russia and Australia.

VISA pointed out in the report that Beijing and Shanghai most receive the domestic tourism destination which the international tourist favors, in 2008, the overseas tourist will respectively occupy them by the Visa network in two place’s swipe card amounts of consumption will hold the card expense total amount in China 21% and 25%, in addition, Shenzhen (7%), Guangzhou (5%) with Dongguan (3%) and other places increasingly will also become the key city which the international tourist will expend.

This issue “China Tourism Forecast” reported that the result which based on the Visa cardholder is provides the expense data analysis which results. (End)

(This article originates: China News)