Year

Expenditure on outbound tourism

(USD billion)

Growth Rate of expenditure on

outbound tourism

Number of outbound tourists

(10,000 people)

Growth rate of number

of outbound tourists

2000

162.31

15.13%

1047.26

2001

177.92

9.62%

1213.31

15.86%

2002

203.85

14.57%

1660.23

36.83%

2003

174.06

−14%

2022.19

21.80%

2004

257.39

47.87%

2885.29

42.68%

2005

292.96

13.82%

3103.00

7.55%

2006

339.49

15.88%

3452.36

11.26%

2007

372.33

9.67%

4095.40

18.63%

2008

408.43

9.70%

4584.44

11.94%

2009

396.75

−2.86%

4765.63

3.95%

2010

458.14

15.47%

5739.00

20.42%

2011

484.64

5.78%

7025.00

22.41%

2012

500.28

3.23%

8318.27

18.41%

2013

516.60

3.26%

9818.52

18.04%

2014

512.00

−0.89%

10900.00

11.01%