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Hundreds of thousands visit
ON AN AVERAGE DAY IN CHINA more than 342,307 people visit from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and other places outside China. In 2006, a total of 124.9 million people visited. The overwhelming majority (79%) of these people were from Hong Kong and Macau, most making short business trips. More than 22 million foreigners and nearly half a million people from Taiwan visited in 2006.
Source of visitors in 2006
|
Number (millions)
|
Hong Kong
|
73.9
|
South Korea
|
3.9
|
Japan
|
3.7
|
Macau
|
2.4
|
Russia
|
2.4
|
U.S.
|
1.7
|
Malaysia
|
0.9
|
Singapore, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, U.K., Australia, Germany, Canada
|
each between
0.8 – 0.5 |
Taiwan
|
0.4
|
Year
|
Total Visitors
(millions) |
Top Sources of Visitors (besides Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan)
|
1979
|
4.2
|
|
1982
|
7.9
|
|
1986
|
22.8
|
|
1987
|
26.9
|
|
1996
|
51.1
|
|
2000
|
83.4
|
Japan, South Korea, Russia, U.S., Malaysia
|
2005
|
120.3
|
|
2006
|
124.9
|
South Korea, Japan, Russia, U.S., Malaysia
|
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