Chinese travel agencies serves 4.9m inbound tourists and 17.6m outbound tourists in 3Q2019

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported (02-Jan-2020) the following tourism highlights for Chinese travel agencies for the three months ended Sep-2019:

• Inbound tourists: 4.9 million;
  • Top 10 markets by share:
    • Hong Kong: 20%;
    • Taiwan: 13%;
    • South Korea: 11%;
    • Macau: 9%;
    • US: 5%;
    • Russia: 4%;
    • Malaysia: 4%;
    • Japan: 4%;
    • Singapore: 4%;
    • Thailand: 3%;
• Outbound tourists: 17.6 million;
  • Top 10 markets by share:
    • Thailand: 17%;
    • Japan: 13%;
    • Taiwan: 8%;
    • Vietnam: 7%;
    • Hong Kong: 5%;
    • Macau: 5%;
    • Singapore: 5%;
    • Malaysia: 5%;
    • Russia: 4%;
    • Indonesia: 3%;
• Domestic tourist: 49.3 million. [more - original PR - Chinese]