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Tourism
International tourist arrivals and tourism receipts
East Asia and the Pacific

Table 38
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Table 38 International tourist arrivals and tourism receipts - East Asia and the Pacific
 

2000

20011
Rank Country Arrivals
millions of persons		 Recipts
US$ billions		 Market share2
percent		 Receipts per arrival
US dollars		 Arrivals
millions of persons		 Recipts
US$ billions		 Market share2
percent		 Receipts per arrival
US dollars
1 East Asia and the Pacific 109.171 82.043 100 751.5 115.156 82.189 100 713.7
2 China (Mainland) 31.229 16.224 28.8 519.5 33.167 17.792 28.8 536.4
3 China (Hong Kong) 13.059 7.886 12 603.9 13.725 8.241 11.9 600.4
4 Malaysia 10.222 4.936 9.4 482.9 12.775   11.1  
5 Thailand 9.579 7.146 8.8 746.0 10.133 6.731 8.8 664.3
6 Singapore 6.917 6.016 6.3 869.7 6.726   5.8  
7 South Korea 5.322 6.811 4.9 1279.8 5.147 6.283 4.5 1220.7
8 Indonesia 5.084 5.749 4.6 1130.8 5.154 5.411 4.5 1049.9
9 Japan 4.757 3.373 4.4 709.1 4.772 3.301 4.1 691.7
Source: World Tourism Organization. Tourism Highlights 2002. [online document - pdf format 200K] Table: Preliminary regional results - East Asia and the Pacific (05 March 2003).  
Note1: These are September 2001 data.
Note2: Market share refers to each country's share of receipts for the region. As many countries are not included, the totals do not sum to 100.		  
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