17-9  Development of Tourism|17-9DevelopmentofTourism|Item|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015||NumberofTravelAgencies(unit)|23690|24944|26054|26650|NumberofStar-ratedHotels(unit)|13513|12807|13293|12803|NumberofOverseasVisitorArrivals(10000person-times)|13542.35|13240.53|12907.78|12849.83|13382.04|Foreigners|2711.2|2719.16|2629.03|2636.08|2598.54|ChineseCompatriotsFromHongKongandMacao|10304.85|9987.35|9762.5|9677.16|10233.64|ChineseCompatriotsFromTaiwanProvince|526.3|534.02|516.25|536.59|549.86|OvernightTourists|5758.07|5772.49|5568.59|5562.2|5688.57|NumberofChineseOutboundVisitors|7025|8318.17|9818.52|11659.32|12786|(10000person-times)|ForPrivatePurpose|6411.79|7705.51|9197.08|11002.91|12172|NumberofDomesticVisitors(100millionperson-times)|26.41|29.57|32.62|36.11|40|TourismEarnings|ForeignExchangeEarningsfromInternationalTourism|484.64|500.28|516.64|569.13|1136.5|(100millionUSD)|EarningsfromDomesticTourism(100millionyuan)|19305.39|22706.22|26276.12|30311.86|34195.05||a)In2015,ForeignExchangeEarningsfromInternationalTourismhassupplementedandimprovedthecostofinboundtouristsandshort-term|touristsforthetermof3-12monthsinChina,soitisnotcomparablewiththepreviousyear,thesameappliestoTable17-11.