The graph shows the drastic increase of chinese domestic tourism.
To understand the market potential for tourism operators here is an table of the percentage of group booked leisure domestic tourists:
| Year | Domestic tourists (in mil.) |
Travellers in groups (in mil.) | Travellers in groups (in %) |
| 1993 | 410 | 8,2 | 2 |
| 1994 | 520 | 15,08 | 2,9 |
| 1995 | 630 | 34,65 | 5,5 |
| 2000 | 744 | 77,37 | 10,4 |
| 2001 | 784 | 94,86 | 12,1 |
