With the development of china's national economic,China's tourism industry has witnessed continuous growth in strength.The prospects for China's tourist industry are quite optimistic. The World Tourism Organization estimated that by 2020 China would become the top tourism destination country and the fourth largest supplier of tourist resources.

The tourism in China has been an engine behind the global economic growth for almost two decades. This high growth has created a middle class in China that is increasingly traveling domestically and internationally. On the other hand high economic growth and foreign direct investment has resulted in increase foreign travelers traffic.

China's abundant tourism resources, with magnificent mountain rivers, rich and colorful customs, peculiar animals and plants and countless attractions, combined with unique opera, music, dance and world-renowned cuisine, each year attracting a large number domestic and foreign tourists. At present, China has become the world's largest and fastest growing, most potential tourism market.

According to the China tourism industry statistics, total inbound foreign traffic has been around 131 million out of which Asian constitute the largest percentage including 16 million from Asia followed by 6 million from Europe and 6 million from Americas. The domestic traffic has increased to 1.6 billion passengers spending on average 16 dollars.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)'s preliminary measurement shows that China's tourism and travel industry in the next decade is expected to reach 10.4% of the annual growth rate,and China will become the world's fourth largest tourism economy. According to the World Tourism Organization predicts that by 2020, China will become the world's largest tourist source country of destination and the fourth largest exporter.

This blog describes China's rich tourism resources?? its historical sites, natural landscapes and folk customs?? and gives an account of its history, present situation, relevant services, and expected developments within China's tourism industry http://lifenter.blogspot.com/2010/01/tourism-in-china.html.