今年1月俄羅斯來華遊客數量出現急劇上漲

After four years of decline, there was a huge increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting China in January, new figures show.

根據最新數據顯示，在連續四年呈下降態勢後，俄羅斯來華遊客數量在今年1月出現了急劇上漲。

In total, 144,200 Russians visited in the first month of 2016 - up 46.9 percent on the same period last year, according to a recent report released by the China Tourism Academy, a think tank under the China National Tourism Administration.

據中國國家旅遊局下屬智庫中國旅遊研究院發佈的數據顯示，今年1月，共有14.42萬名俄羅斯遊客到訪中國，這一數字比2015年同期多出46.9%。

Russia is the fifth-largest source market for China's tourism industry after the United States, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea, but over the past few years a weak ruble has dampened Russians' enthusiasm for travel abroad. Last year alone, the number of Russian tourists in China was down 22.7 percent year-on-year, according to the report

俄羅斯是繼美國、越南、日本和韓國之後，中國旅遊業的第五大客源國，但在過去的幾年裏，由於盧布的疲軟，俄羅斯人出國旅遊的熱情並不高。據報道，僅去年一年，俄羅斯來華遊客數量同比下降了22.7%。

Xu Xiaolei, a spokesman for China Youth Travel Service, said the growth in Russian tourists this winter was not surprising, but it was still too early to predict a trend for the rest of the year.

中國青年旅行社發言人徐小磊指出，今年冬天俄羅斯遊客人數的增多並令人不意外，不過，現在就預測一整年的俄羅斯客流量還爲時過早。

"Many Russian tourists chose to spend the bitter winter in warm Hainan province. And to avoid the peak season of Chinese New Year, many booked their trips to China in January," Xu said. "Tourism watchdogs have also been tightening the regulation of Hainan's tourism products. Compared with the sky-high hotel prices last year, prices in Hainan are relatively low this year. This has also helped to attract more Russian tourists."

徐小磊說：“很多俄羅斯遊客選擇前往中國溫暖的海南省禦寒，並且爲了避開中國春節的客流高峯，很多人預訂的是1月的航班。旅遊監管部門也對海南省的旅遊業加強了監管，與去年的天價酒店相比，海南省今年的酒店價格較低，這也吸引了更多的俄羅斯遊客。 ”

Xu said he expected the overall inbound tourism industry to maintain its pace of growth this year, after the number of inbound visits in January increased by 1.7 percent year-on-year to 11.1 million, according to the China Tourism Academy report

據中國旅遊研究院數據顯示，今年1月份的入境遊人數爲1110萬人次，比去年同期上漲了1.7%。徐小磊表示，他期待今年整年的入境遊人數能保持住這一上升勢頭。