The Sizes of Star Hotels and Their Business Status

In 2006, the size of the star hotels continued steady growth as a whole compared with the previous year, and their room occupancy rate on average also increased.

By the end of 2006, the number of star hotels totaled 12,751, 923 more than that in 2005, with an increase of 7.8%. The star hotels have 1,459,800 rooms, 127,800 more, up 9.6%, and 2.7855 million beds, up 8.3%.

The star hotels have fixed assets totaling 395.745 billion yuan, up 5.4% compared with last year.

In 2006, the yearly occupancy rate of the star hotels on average was 61.03%, 0.07 percentage points higher.

The total business income of all the star hotels amounted to 148.286 billion yuan, up 10.1%. They turned over 10.812 billion yuan of business tax to the state, up 40.1%. Their all-employee labor productivity came to 93,800 yuan per person, up 5.6%.

The 5,832 state-owned star hotels earned a total business income of 59.942 billion yuan and turned in 3.487 billion yuan of business tax to the state. Their all-employee labor productivity reached 85,200 yuan per person.

The 585 star hotels built by foreign investors and businessmen from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan earned a total business income of 28.119 billion yuan and turned in 2.637 billion yuan of business tax to the state. Their all-employee labor productivity reached 171,700 yuan per person.

Among all the star hotels, 302 were 5-star hotels, 21 more than in 2005; 1,369 were 4-star hotels, with an increase of 223 hotels; 4,779 were 3-star hotels, with an increase of 488 hotels; 5,698 were 2-star hotels, with an increase of 201 hotels; and 603 were 1-star hotels, with a decrease of 10 hotels.

The Sizes of Star Hotels and Their Business Status in Detail
	Number of Star Hotels	Number of Rooms (Unit in 10,000 )	Number of Beds (Unit in 10,000 )	Business Income (Billion Yuan)	Room Occupation Rate (%)
Total	12,751	145.98	278.55	148.286	61.03
Sort by Economic Sectors
Stated-owned	5,832	66.59	131.22	59.942	60.06
Collective-owned	902	8.46	16.54	6.605	58.69
Joint-equity Cooperatived Enterprise	334	3.31	6.29	2.613	58.65
Affiliated Enterprise	71	0.88	1.66	0.667	58.72
Limited-liability Enterprise	2,278	27.86	52.37	28.441	62.17
Incorporated Enterprise	593	7.58	14.33	8.412	64.03
Private Sector	1,871	15.25	28.63	11.811	58.87
Other Enterprises	285	2.78	5.29	1.673	58.41
With investors from HK, Macao and Taiwan	329	7.49	12.7	16.299	66.34
Invested by Foreigners	256	5.79	9.50	11.820	65.71
Sort by Hotel Scales (Number of Hotel Rooms)
Above 500	113	7.48	12.02	18.567	65.38
300-499	471	17.30	30.17	29.795	64.13
200-299	1,014	24.39	44.49	28.079	63.80
100-199	3,978	53.77	103.75	42.688	60.97
Under 99	7,175	43.05	88.12	29.156	57.62
Sort by Star Grades
5-star	302	11.52	18.47	347.15	66.38
4-star	1,369	29.00	52.24	44.018	64.32
3-star	4,779	59.85	114.99	466.73	61.33
2-star	5,698	42.41	86.34	217.76	56.94
1-star	603	3.21	6.51	11.04	53.06

The Sizes of Travel Services and Their Business Status

By the end of 2006, The travel services included in statistics numbered 17,957, 1,712 more than 2005. Of these, 1,654 were international travel services, 98 more than last year, and 16,303 were domestic travel services, with an increase of 1,614.

All the travel services had a total asset of 48.48 billion yuan, up 15.6% compared with that in 2005. The travel services as a whole earned a total business income of 141.103 billion yuan, up 26.4% from the previous year. They turned in 0.99 billion yuan in tax to the state, up 21.9%.

The international travel services received 11.0727 million overseas tourist arrivals that stayed for a total of 47.6711 million days, up 18.3% and 19.5% respectively. The number of overseas tourists organized by international travel services numbered 18.5475 million, staying for a total of over 52.7423 million days, up 19.5% and 20.9% respectively.

The travel services organized 75.8378 million domestic tourists who stayed overnight. They spent 229.2734 million days on their travel, up 22% and 12.7% respectively. The travel services hosted 96.2258 million domestic tourists who stayed overnight and spent 213.4896 million days, up 19.0% and 23.0% respectively.

Education and Training on Travel and Tourism

By the end of 2006, there were 762 tourism colleges and tourism departments in colleges and universities, 69 more than in 2005, with a total enrolment of 361,100 students, 52,700 more than in the previous year. Besides, there were 941 secondary vocational tourism colleges, 298 more than in 2005, with a total enrolment of 373,700 students, 115,600 more than in the preceding year. The two items amount to 1,703 tourism colleges, with a total enrolment of 734,900 students.

In-service training courses with a total attendance of 2.8652 million people were held in 2006, 223,300 persons more than in the preceding year, up 7.2%.