Articles Archive for 6 March 2010
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Overall Decline In 2009 In January 2010, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) released its full-year report on the country’s tourist industry for 2009. It shows that tourist arrivals fell by 3.0% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2009, to total 126.6mn. This was a decline from the 143mn arrivals registered in 2008. This decline comes as little surprise, given the adverse economic environment. In particular, the global economic downturn weighed heavily on foreign tourism arrivals, while the outbreak of the H1N1 virus (swine flu) in China in April 2009 further deterred tourism. …
