从近日举行的’98世界派游日中国主会场（重庆）庆祝活动上获悉，我国旅游外汇收入20年来增加近45倍，国际排名跃居第8位。我国是世界上旅游资源最丰富的国家之一，但旅游业发展迟缓，大量的旅游资源没有得到充分的开友和利用。1978年，我国旅游外汇收入仅为2.63亿美元，在国际 It is learned from the celebrations recently held at the main venue of the World Travel Day in 1998 (Chongqing) that China’s foreign exchange earnings from tourism increased nearly 45 times in 20 years and ranked the 8th in the world. China is one of the countries with the most abundant tourism resources in the world. However, the development of tourism is sluggish and a large number of tourism resources have not been fully opened up and utilized. In 1978, China’s foreign exchange earnings from tourism amounted to only 263 million U.S. dollars