Visitor arrivals to China down 4.7% in Sep-2009; Korean arrivals down 14.5%, Japanese +17.0%

National Tourism Administration of China reports (30-Oct-2009) the following visitor arrivals in Sep-2009:

• Total visitor arrivals: 10.0 million, -4.7 year-on-year;
• International: 1.9 million, -1.4%;
  • Korea: 233,600, -14.5%;
  • Japan: 321,200, +17.0%;
  • Russia: 163,200, -43.5%;
  • North America: 131,000, +0.9%;
  • Malaysia: 80,500, -2.6%;
  • Singapore: 70,100, +21.3%;
  • Philippines: 60,200, +14.6%;
  • Indonesia: 66,300, +44.5%;
  • Mongolia: 53,500, -11.7%;
  • Australia: 52,500, +5.8%;
• Hong Kong: 6.2 million, -4.4%;
• Macau: 1.7 million, -9.7%;
• Taiwan: 354,600, -1.8%.