Chinas tourism industry has achieved a historical breakthrough. Both international tourism receipts andinternational visitor to China have stepped on to a new stage,realizing in advance the strate goal of over US$ 10 billioninternational tourism receipts by the end of the century; anddomestic tourism continued its steady growth as aconsumption focus of social demand. In 1996, the totalrevenue of Chinas tourism industry amounted to CNY 248.7billion.