In an overall point of view this year has witnessed a favorable tendency in the development of the Chinese tourism industry. The inbound tour is on a recovery increase and the domestic tour has seen a continuous and stable growth while the outbound tour is also on the road for a speedy increase with prices for overseas tours getting lower and lower.

The judgment comes from the latest publication "No.4 Analysis and Forecast, Development of Tourism in China 2003 - 2005 - Tourism Green Paper". According to the analysis of expert, the increasing number of the outbound tours of Chinese citizens and the expansion of tourism destinations have made the airlines domestic and foreign to express their great interest and initiative in increasing their air routes and flights to China. Travel agencies and airlines join hands together to bring forward new arrangement for air-transportation to reduce times of changing flights on the way for the convenience of passengers, thereby bringing down the price for travel.

By People's Daily Online