The number of international tourists in China between 2012 and 2014

The number of international tourists in China between 2012 and 2014

                  This bar chart shows numbers of  international tourists from the five foreign countries between 2012 and 2014, and the five countries are the most numbers of tourists in the last three years.

In the past three years, the number of South Korean tourists is the largest, but did not grow steadily. They fluctuated around 4 million between 2012 and 2014. There was a drop of more than 500 thousands to the second most country, the Japan, with a sharp decrease between 2012 and 2014, and a steady fall in 2014. The third country was the United States, with a steady decrease around 2.4 million. This was followed by Russia. In the past three years, the Russians decreased steadily between 2.2 and 2.1 million. The Vietnamese made up the least group to travel to China, but it was only a group of rising in the top five. It went up gradually.

Overall, the bar chart shows that the South Korean was the most larger group to travel to China, and the Japanese, American, Russian and Vietnamese followed the top one and was located in the top five.

Reference list

China Inbound Tourism in 2012. (2012). Travel China Guide. Retrieved from: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/tourism/2012statistics/

China Inbound Tourism in 2013. (2013). Travel China Guide. Retrieved from: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/tourism/2013statistics/

China Inbound Tourism in 2014. (2014). Travel China Guide. Retrieved from: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/tourism/2014statistics/