Visitor arrivals to China up 4% in Apr-2011

China's National Tourism Administration reported visitor arrivals to China increased 3.5% year-on-year to 12.3 million in Apr-2011. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 112.3 million, +3.5% year-on-year;
  • Hong Kong: 7.4 million, +2.4%;
  • Macau: 2.0 million, +5.4%;
  • Taiwan: 459,400, +6.8%;
  • Foreign: 2.4 million, +4.7%;
    • South Korea: 348,800, +3.7%;
    • Japan: 269,800, -12.3%;
    • Russia: 192,600, +20.2%;
    • US: 189,900, +7.8%;
    • Malaysia: 118,200, +0.8%;
    • Vietnam: 97,600, +14.0%;
    • Singapore: 90,300, +6.6%;
    • Mongolia: 85,200, +48.5%;
    • Thailand: 82,900, +5.1%;
    • Philippines: 81,500, +9.7%.