China reports visitor arrivals up 5% in 1H2019, domestic tourists up 9%

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported (02-Aug-2019) the following tourism highlights for the six months ended Jun-2019:

Domestic tourists: 3.1 billion, +8.8% year-on-year;
Domestic tourism revenue: CNY2780 billion (USD400.5 billion), +13.5%;
Visitor arrivals: 72.7 million, +5%;
Strong growth in visitor arrivals from Russia, Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia and UK;
International tourism revenue: USD64.9 billion, +5%;
Resident departures: 81.3 million, +14%;
- Europe: 3.0 million, +7.4%. [more - original PR - Chinese]

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