Tourism Intelligence Dashboard

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China

East Asia & Pacific

China is a tourism destination in East Asia & Pacific. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

Latest verified value · 2020

International Tourism Receipts

$39.7B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for China.

2 indicators available

East Asia & Pacific

Upper middle income

China is a tourism destination in East Asia & Pacific. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 8M in 2020. International tourism receipts were $39.7B in 2024.

The figures shown here are drawn from UN Tourism. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for China. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2020

International Tourist Arrivals

UN Tourism · 2020

International Tourist Arrivals

Verified

2024

International Tourism Receipts

$39.7B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

Verified

Data Availability

40% dashboard coverage

2 of 5 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for China.

Available

✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2020
✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024

Not Yet Available

○Tourist Nights
○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for China

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

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UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

• International Tourist Arrivals
• International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

International Tourist Arrivals
International Tourism Receipts

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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for China. Values are shown in millions.

Source: UN TourismYears: 1995–2020Annual data

Dataset: International Tourist Arrivals

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.