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| March 22, 2010 | China to become world's top tourist destination by 2015 | | Sanya (China): The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General, Taleb Rifai, has said that China is
expected to become the world's largest tourist destination by 2015. Rifai said China's tourism economy has moved incredibly in the last ten years, and said:
"As we predict, China is going to become the world's No 1 tourist destination
by the year 2015." " China is almost there. It is now the world's fourth largest
destination when it comes to incoming tourists, and the rates of growth are moving
so quickly that we think this is a realistic target," Xinhua news agency quoted
Rifai, as saying. "The number of incoming tourists rose from eight million to
48 million. The potential of the growth is still big because of the size of China
," he added. He informed that currently France receives most international tourists;
at 80 million people per year, followed by the United States and Spain , both
at 60 million a year, while China has about 48 million. Rifai further said that
the global tourism industry is improving, but challenges remain due to the weak
economy. "The tourism industry has to follow and is very much affected by the
general economic situation, and for sure the general economic situation has started
to turn around. But we cannot call it a full recovery at the moment," he said. | |
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