The Yearbook of China Tourism is a professional yearbook organized by the China National Tourism Administration, sponsored by the China Tourism Association and published by China Travel & Tourism Press, comprehensively reflecting the development and achievements of China's tourism industry. It has recorded the guidelines, policies, monographs, statistical data and related information of the Chinese tourism industry. To this day, a total of 27 volumes of The Yearbook of China Tourism have been published since its first publication in 1990. The Yearbook of China Tourism enjoys a rather high prestige in the industry.
With the continuous development of tourist industry, tourism has been playing an increasingly important role in foreign exchanges; and tourism has become an important channel between China and the world for the spreading of civilization, cultural communication and the deepening of communication and understanding; while tourism diplomacy has risen into a national strategy. In view of this, the National Tourism Administration decided to publish The Yearbook of China Tourism in English since 2017.
The English edition of The Yearbook of China Tourism 2016 was selected on the basis of the Chinese edition of The Yearbook of China Tourism 2016, and contains 10 chapters in content, including special documents, documents and articles, major events, tourism diplomacy, overview of the tourism industry, overview of local tourism development, law, regulations and bulletins, statistics, tourism agencies and memorabilia. The main content reflected is the basic situation of the development of China's tourism industry in 2015.
The Yearbook of China Tourism Chinese edition has got warm care, support and help from all walks of life in the editing, publishing and distribution work over the years and The Yearbook of China Tourism English edition hopes to continue to receive tremendous support and generous help from you. The editorial department of The Yearbook of China Tourism here would like to express our most sincere gratitude.