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ROK becomes 2nd largest overseas tourists source of China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-25 20:38 The number of tourists from
the Republic of Korea (ROK) to China reached 2.85 million last year, ranking the
ROK the second largest source of tourism, according to China's National Tourism
Administration (NTA) on Wednesday.
The figure is 46.23 percent more than that in the previous year, said Yu
Kaifa, deputy director of the Tourism Promotion & International Liaison
Department of the NTA. Yu said, in the first quarter this year, 820,000 ROK
tourists came to China.
A survey shows that ROK visitors, aged between 40 and 60, have the strongest
desire to visit China. Their favorite destinations include the Great Wall and
the Forbidden City, or the Imperial Palace, in Beijing, China's leading
metropolis Shanghai, Guilin in south China, and the Changbai Mountains in the
northeast. According to statistics from Shenyang Public Security Bureau and
Shenyang Tourism Administration, of all ROK visitors to China, about 43.1
percent are for sightseeing and another 42.48 percent for business reasons.
Tourists and businessmen make up the bulk of ROK visitors to
China.
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