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| China has doubled spending on tourism in 2020 |
The Chinese government said it aims to double domestic spending on tourism to double by 2020, through the provision of financial assistance and other forms of support for the development of the sector in the context of China's quest to promote domestic spending to stimulate economic growth.
China has seen that famous tourist attractions such as the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City, a boom in the number of tourists in recent years, both in the internal or foreign tourism but the infrastructure is struggling to cope with it.
By 2020, the government aims to raise spending on domestic tourism to 5.5 trillion yuan, or the equivalent of 894 billion dollars, which is more than double the expenditures to the sector in 2013, which amounted to 2.6 trillion yuan.
Tourism is more than five percent of GDP.
She tourism revitalization plan, published on the website of the central government that it will encourage tourism companies to list their shares on the stock exchange and to facilitate the granting of loans and financial assistance to small businesses operating in the sector.
It adds that it will be an emphasis on protecting the environment and culture will also be restrictions on the number of visitors to the sites that received a large turnout.
She says that China also plans to increase the number of foreign tourists by improving the promotion of the country abroad and to continue to "improve" a new system whereby admission without a visa for a period of 72 hours to several major cities often benefit from Western tourists.
The data for the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations that China received in the past year 55.7 million foreign tourists, a decrease of 3.5%, for the year 2012.
China has seen that famous tourist attractions such as the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City, a boom in the number of tourists in recent years, both in the internal or foreign tourism but the infrastructure is struggling to cope with it.
By 2020, the government aims to raise spending on domestic tourism to 5.5 trillion yuan, or the equivalent of 894 billion dollars, which is more than double the expenditures to the sector in 2013, which amounted to 2.6 trillion yuan.
Tourism is more than five percent of GDP.
She tourism revitalization plan, published on the website of the central government that it will encourage tourism companies to list their shares on the stock exchange and to facilitate the granting of loans and financial assistance to small businesses operating in the sector.
It adds that it will be an emphasis on protecting the environment and culture will also be restrictions on the number of visitors to the sites that received a large turnout.
She says that China also plans to increase the number of foreign tourists by improving the promotion of the country abroad and to continue to "improve" a new system whereby admission without a visa for a period of 72 hours to several major cities often benefit from Western tourists.
The data for the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations that China received in the past year 55.7 million foreign tourists, a decrease of 3.5%, for the year 2012.
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