我國國際旅遊持續保持順差

China's tourism trade surplus is expected to increase as the country is taking in more cash from inbound visitors than its outbound travelers spend overseas, according to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

據中國國家旅遊局透露，我國入境遊客的消費額正在超越出境遊客的境外消費額，我國的旅遊貿易順差有望擴大。

China's inbound tourism market has emerged from the downturn after the global financial crisis and increased continuously in the past few years, CNTA said in a statement.

國家旅遊局在一份聲明中表示，我國入境旅遊市場已經走出了全球金融危機後的蕭條期，過去幾年實現持續增長。

Meanwhile, the country's outbound tourism industry has entered a stage of slower growth after fast expansion, according to the statement.

同時，出境旅遊行業從高速增長步入穩定增長期。

Both the number of and revenue from inbound trips have increased steadily since 2014, it said.

國家旅遊局稱，自2014年以來，入境旅遊數量和收入均穩步增長。

Inbound tourism revenue rose 5.6% year-on-year to 120 billion dollars in 2016, exceeding outbound tourism spending by 10.2 billion dollars, CNTA data showed.

該局數據顯示，2016年，入境旅遊收入1200億美元，同比增長5.6%，比出境旅遊花費高出102億美元。

In the first half of 2017, inbound tourists made 69.5 million trips, while 62.03 million overseas trips were made by Chinese tourists, the CNTA statement said.

聲明稱，2017年上半年，入境旅遊人數達6950萬人次，國人出境旅遊人數爲6203萬人次。

The CNTA predicted direct investment in tourism to jump more than 20% from last year to 1.5 trillion yuan this year.

國家旅遊局預計，今年旅遊直接投資將同比增長20%以上，達到1.5萬億元。