Real Sector / Tourism / Monthly Tourist Arrivals / Total tourist arrivals / Asia and The Pacific / North East Asia

China

18.18K

Tourists • Mar 2026

-66.3% vs. previous month

15.0% vs. same month previous year

94.82K

Tourists • Q1 2026

48.4% vs. previous quarter

28.7% vs. same quarter previous year

329.11K

Tourists • 2025

25.0% vs. previous year

Notes

Tourist arrivals from China include Hong Kong and Taiwan. From January 2022, arrivals from Taiwan were no longer reported separately by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and were included in China. For consistency, previously published Taiwan figures have now been added to China for all applicable periods.

Data

ID	153
Range	Jan 1992 - Mar 2026
Frequency	Monthly
Source	Ministry of Tourism and Environment

Month

Quarter

Year

Values in Thousands (K) of Tourists

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Jan	0.57	2.11	0.30	0.68	0.21	0.16	0.34	0.18	0.15	1.02	0.48	1.34	4.30	0.15	2.85	1.95	2.82	6.12	6.46	12.82	28.38	19.63	31.35	21.13	24.18	31.74	26.75	26.95	32.97	0.13	0.31	5.80	19.90	35.95	22.68
Feb	1.55	1.06	0.86	1.19	0.85	0.35	0.33	0.58	0.86	0.33	2.23	2.07	0.83	0.20	1.99	4.67	5.79	2.85	13.65	19.05	12.61	34.20	33.75	44.25	35.41	25.07	34.72	32.78	2.74	0.12	0.30	4.28	33.90	21.93	53.97
Mar	0.76	0.82	0.64	0.58	0.30	0.25	0.18	0.08	0.24	0.46	0.59	0.75	0.91	0.44	1.38	1.73	2.20	2.49	6.40	9.32	6.66	18.31	24.18	25.80	22.36	19.06	14.26	20.93	0.78	0.14	0.44	7.62	13.61	15.80	18.18
Apr	0.56	1.09	1.26	0.55	0.30	0.13	0.18	0.20	0.34	0.73	0.66	0.36	1.28	0.63	1.48	2.19	2.55	3.53	7.31	10.48	10.80	20.81	24.42	27.00	25.61	21.70	16.13	19.90	0.00	0.15	0.77	13.50	16.43	18.02
May	0.62	0.53	1.53	0.39	0.32	0.18	0.20	0.26	0.34	0.91	1.32	0.04	2.64	0.75	2.41	3.71	3.84	3.88	9.26	15.35	16.50	24.12	30.36	31.62	25.73	24.27	17.80	22.03	0.00	0.16	0.82	15.20	16.86	23.79
Jun	1.34	0.53	1.44	0.63	0.88	0.42	0.34	0.26	0.37	0.45	1.04	0.04	1.04	0.73	1.60	2.93	3.35	3.39	8.92	15.90	18.15	28.57	30.58	32.82	29.58	24.96	23.86	25.33	0.00	0.10	1.16	17.03	20.04	25.36
Jul	3.12	1.93	1.60	2.04	0.56	0.35	0.27	0.56	0.57	0.58	1.01	0.33	1.83	1.52	2.23	3.38	4.12	5.37	12.76	23.85	28.07	37.16	43.88	42.39	37.27	35.13	34.53	33.99	0.02	0.20	1.79	28.96	38.34	49.11
Aug	3.68	0.82	1.73	1.53	0.57	0.28	0.36	0.51	0.59	0.64	0.81	1.90	1.66	1.48	2.24	4.13	3.55	6.35	15.33	23.20	25.48	36.14	38.47	41.57	36.83	34.45	34.45	33.77	0.04	0.29	1.61	28.53	38.99	46.93
Sep	2.10	0.64	0.67	0.74	0.36	0.38	0.24	0.39	0.61	0.58	1.09	1.85	1.49	1.45	2.26	3.74	4.87	6.27	13.40	20.45	25.51	35.66	35.29	32.88	30.05	27.91	29.10	26.28	0.04	0.16	1.50	25.07	23.09	28.35
Oct	1.79	0.55	0.74	0.42	0.52	0.34	0.39	0.38	0.65	0.78	1.63	3.46	2.43	1.82	3.09	4.35	4.54	10.97	13.95	23.27	26.90	35.88	34.68	31.74	30.25	29.91	26.87	23.61	0.04	0.27	1.68	17.73	18.64	28.12
Nov	1.27	0.18	0.74	0.30	0.20	0.28	0.25	0.29	0.23	0.23	0.86	1.75	1.10	1.07	2.38	2.81	3.34	6.47	8.57	17.35	18.85	26.50	25.24	20.51	19.68	21.96	19.50	16.47	0.07	0.23	1.71	11.88	11.49	18.81
Dec	1.16	0.24	0.66	0.31	0.32	0.26	0.19	0.30	0.45	0.64	0.67	1.13	1.10	1.37	2.50	2.42	2.79	4.95	6.80	12.93	16.07	21.27	18.76	16.97	16.89	20.70	17.57	16.96	0.19	0.48	2.95	11.53	12.06	16.95

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Q1	2.88	3.99	1.81	2.45	1.35	0.76	0.84	0.84	1.24	1.81	3.29	4.17	6.04	0.79	6.21	8.34	10.81	11.46	26.50	41.19	47.65	72.14	89.28	91.18	81.95	75.87	75.73	80.65	36.49	0.38	1.05	17.69	67.40	73.68	94.82
Q2	2.52	2.14	4.23	1.57	1.49	0.73	0.72	0.71	1.05	2.09	3.02	0.43	4.95	2.11	5.48	8.82	9.73	10.80	25.49	41.72	45.45	73.50	85.37	91.44	80.92	70.93	57.80	67.26	0.00	0.41	2.75	45.74	53.33	67.17
Q3	8.90	3.38	4.00	4.31	1.49	1.02	0.87	1.45	1.77	1.80	2.91	4.08	4.98	4.45	6.74	11.24	12.54	17.99	41.49	67.50	79.06	108.96	117.64	116.84	104.14	97.49	98.08	94.04	0.09	0.65	4.89	82.56	100.42	124.39
Q4	4.23	0.97	2.14	1.03	1.04	0.87	0.84	0.97	1.32	1.64	3.16	6.34	4.62	4.27	7.97	9.58	10.67	22.39	29.32	53.55	61.82	83.65	78.68	69.23	66.82	72.56	63.94	57.05	0.30	0.99	6.34	41.14	42.20	63.88

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
	18.53	10.49	12.17	9.36	5.37	3.38	3.26	3.97	5.38	7.34	12.38	15.02	20.60	11.61	26.40	37.99	43.74	62.64	122.79	203.96	233.98	338.24	370.97	368.69	333.83	316.86	295.56	299.00	36.87	2.42	15.02	187.13	263.34	329.11

Notes

Data

ID	153
Range	Jan 1992 - Mar 2026
Frequency	Monthly
Source	Ministry of Tourism and Environment