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Sep 23Wed
  1. Pinchain Tourism

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Issues Mid-Autumn and National Day Holiday Travel Advisory

    Ahead of the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a travel advisory urging tourists to prepare thoroughly, monitor weather and traffic conditions along routes and at destinations, and check scenic-area opening arrangements and ticket reservation requirements in advance. It advises against visiting undeveloped or unsafe areas and tells outbound travellers to monitor destination safety conditions and avoid high-risk regions. The advisory also calls for stronger safety precautions: checking vehicles before self-driving trips, avoiding fatigued or drunk driving, wearing seatbelts in vehicles and life jackets on boats, and observing fire-safet…

Sep 21Mon
  1. China Tourism News

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Intangible Cultural Heritage

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage, setting overall requirements, key tasks and safeguards. By 2030, it aims to form an initial new framework for systematic ICH protection, deepen ICH integration into modern life, and see new inheritance and experience scenarios emerge. Six key task areas cover improving the project protection system, optimizing talent cultivation, serving national strategies, creating new life-integration scenarios, deepening tech empowerment and boosting communication reach.

  2. Pinchain Tourism

    Ministry of Culture and Tourism Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Public Cultural Service System Devel…

    The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Public Cultural Service System Development. The plan sets goals for 2030: continuous improvement in balanced development of public cultural services, comprehensive advancement of integrated urban-rural public cultural service systems, and a new level of digital-intelligent public cultural services. It deploys five key tasks and lists 18 key engineering projects, with requirements covering implementation mechanisms, legal framework, fiscal guarantees, talent cultivation, and safety bottom lines.

Sep 17Thu
  1. Pinchain Tourism

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism Development, targeting deeper progress toward a culture and tourism powerhouse by 2030, with domestic trips reaching 8.3 billion, inbound trips 190 million, and average annual public cultural facility visits per resident 3.5. The plan deploys eight key tasks including artistic creation, cultural heritage protection, public services, industry development, market regulation, technology empowerment, exchanges and cooperation, and regional-urban-rural coordination, supported by 54 key projects.

Aug 1Fri
May 30Fri
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Releases 2024 Statistical Bulletin on Culture and Tourism D…

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism released its 2024 statistical bulletin on May 30, 2025. At end-2024, there were 347,000 culture and tourism units with 4.631 million employees. Domestic trips reached 5.62 billion, up 14.8% year on year, with domestic spending of 5.8 trillion yuan, up 17.1%. Inbound visits totaled 131.902 million, up 60.8%, including 26.94 million foreign visitors, up 95.5%; mainland residents made 122.792 million outbound trips, up 41%. There were 64,616 travel agencies with revenue of 565.77 billion yuan, and 7,716 star-rated hotels with revenue of 155.73 billion yuan, an average room rate of 371.7 yuan per night, and an average occupancy rate of 49.2%.

Apr 23Wed
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    China Ministry of Culture and Tourism: 1.794 Billion Domestic Trips in Q1 2025

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism released Q1 2025 domestic tourism data. Domestic trips reached 1.794 billion, up 26.4% year over year, with urban residents at 1.318 billion trips (+22.4%) and rural residents at 476 million trips (+39.2%). Total domestic tourism spending reached 1.80 trillion yuan, up 18.6%, with urban spending at 1.48 trillion yuan (+14.8%) and rural spending at 0.32 trillion yuan (+39.6%).

Jan 22Wed
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    2024 Domestic Tourism Data: 5.615 Billion Trips, 5.75 Trillion Yuan in Spending

    The Ministry of Culture and Tourism released 2024 domestic tourism data. According to sample survey results, domestic trips reached 5.615 billion in 2024, up 14.8% year over year; total domestic tourism spending reached 5.75 trillion yuan, up 17.1% year over year. Urban residents made 4.370 billion domestic trips, up 16.3%, while rural residents made 1.245 billion trips, up 9.9%. By quarter, Q3 had the highest number of trips at 1.512 billion, up 17.2% year over year.

Dec 26Thu
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    MCT: 6,129 Star-Rated Hotels Passed Data Review in Q3 2024

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Market Management Department) published the Q3 2024 national star-rated tourist hotel statistical survey report. It says 6,129 star-rated tourist hotels had their data approved by provincial culture and tourism authorities in Q3 2024. The report covers overall conditions, regional conditions, conditions in 50 key tourist cities and year-on-year comparisons, with attached operating and average-indicator tables. Provinces and cities with a reporting rate below 60% are excluded from specific rankings.

Dec 24Tue
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    MCT: China's Travel Agencies Reached 62,766 in Q3 2024

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Market Management Department) published the Q3 2024 national travel agency statistical survey report. As of Sept. 30, 2024, there were 62,766 travel agencies nationwide in Q3, with a data review completion rate of 92.75%, and 27 regions above the national level. The report discloses domestic, inbound and outbound market data: domestic tourism organized 34.6922 million person-trips and 107.1058 million person-days; inbound tourism outreach 597,100 person-trips and 2.2694 million person-days; outbound tourism organized 3.7302 million person-trips and 18.5487 million person-days.

Sep 2Mon
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    MCT Releases Q2 2024 National Star-Rated Hotel Statistics Report

    The Market Regulation Department of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism published the Q2 2024 national star-rated tourist hotel statistical survey report on September 2, 2024. Four Excel attachments accompany the report, covering national star-rated hotel operating performance overall and by star rating, plus the same breakdowns for 50 key tourism cities. No specific figures appear in the body text; the data is contained in the attached spreadsheets.

  2. MCT Tourism Statistics

    MCT Releases Q2 2024 National Travel Agency Statistics Report

    The Market Regulation Department of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism published the Q2 2024 national travel agency statistical survey report on September 2, 2024. Five Word attachments accompany it, covering survey reporting status, domestic tourism organized and received, inbound tourism received through overseas liaison, outbound tourism organized, and regional rankings of travel agency organization and reception indicators. No specific figures appear in the body text.

Aug 30Fri
  1. MCT Tourism Statistics

    MCT Releases 2023 Statistical Communiqué on Culture and Tourism Development

    The Finance Department of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism released the 2023 Statistical Communiqué on Culture and Tourism Development on August 30, 2024. At end-2023 there were 56,275 travel agencies, with full-year revenue of RMB 444.27 billion and operating profit of RMB 3.74 billion. There were 8,253 star-rated hotels, with full-year revenue of RMB 160.9 billion, an average room rate of RMB 370.8 per room-night, and average occupancy of 50.7%. There were 15,721 A-level scenic areas, receiving 5.75 billion visits and generating RMB 406.87 billion in tourism revenue. Domestic trips reached 4.89 billion, up 93.3% year on year, with total domestic tourist spending of RMB 4.9 trillion…