很多专家预测,中国旅游市场是世界增长潜力最大的市场,而旅游行业是最适合电子商务的行业之一。与2000年同期相比,中青旅今年1～6月份主营业务收入增长38.8％,而利润总额同比增长却只有5.6％,这组数据表明,中国的旅游业已进入微利时代。于是,为了生存下去,有的旅行社选择了扩张,有的选择了引资,而早已上市并作为全国旅行社三甲之一的中青旅选择了信息化。 Many experts predict that the Chinese tourism market is the market with the highest growth potential in the world, and the travel industry is one of the most suitable sectors for e-commerce. Compared with the same period of 2000, CYTS’s main business revenue increased by 38.8% from January to June this year, while its total profit increased by only 5.6% over the same period of the previous year. This set of data shows that China’s tourism industry has entered a period of low profits. So, in order to survive, some travel agencies chose to expand, and some chose to attract foreign investment, and has long been listed and as one of the top three travel agencies in China CYTS chose the information technology.