Entering ChinaOn the 22nd, it was learned from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism that based on the statistics of domestic tourism sample surveys, in 2024, the number of domestic tourists was 5.615 billion, an increase of 724 million compared with the same period of the previous year, representing a year-on-year growth of 14.8%. Among them, the number of domestic tourists from urban residents was 4.370 billion, an increase of 16.3% year-on-year; the number of domestic tourists from rural residents was 1.245 billion, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year.
By quarter, the number of domestic tourists in the first quarter was 1.419 billion, an increase of 16.7% year-on-year; in the second quarter, it was 1.306 billion, an increase of 11.8% year-on-year; in the third quarter, it was 1.512 billion, an increase of 17.2% year-on-year; and in the fourth quarter, it was 1.378 billion, an increase of 13.2% year-on-year.
In 2024, the total expenditure of domestic tourists was 5.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 840 billion yuan compared with the previous year, representing a year-on-year growth of 17.1%. Among them, the expenditure of urban residents was 4.93 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.0% year-on-year; the expenditure of rural residents was 0.83 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.2% year-on-year.
