Published 08-01-2025
Keywords
- Tourism statistical data,
- Analysis,
- Reflection
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Abstract
In China, tourism data is affected by factors such as the accountability and attitude of statisticians, government intervention and falsification, and statistical methods, leading to inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and contradictions in the data. Taking the tourism data published on official websites in 2010 as an example, the total data from local areas is much greater than the data released by the National Tourism Administration, indicating a serious issue of "watering down" in local tourism statistics. Therefore, the use of China's tourism data should be approached with greater prudence and scientific rigor.
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