中国赴英旅游人数达到历史新高_时事

中国赴英旅游人数达到历史新高

The number of Chinese visitors to Britain in the firstsix months of 2015 reached a record 90,000,a 28percent rise on the same period of 2014, figuresfrom Visit Britain revealed Friday.

英国旅游局官方网站周五公布的数据显示，2015年上半年，中国赴英旅游人数达到9万，比2014年同期增长28%。

Tourism officials are expecting the total number ofChinese visitors for the year to reach more than200,000.

据旅游局官员预测，今年中国游客总数将超过20万。

Visit Britain said statistics from ONS, the Office forNational Statistics, show the number of tourists from Middle East Gulf states also set a newrecord.

英国旅游局称根据国家统计局的数据，中东海湾地区的游客数量也创下了新记录。

Visitors from China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Bahrain, Kuwait,Oman,Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, markets indicated their growing love ofBritain as a holiday destination with record numbers visiting during the first six months of2015.

今年上半年，中国以及巴林、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国等国家赴英旅游的人数达到新高，这表明中国和海合会国家的游客越来越热衷于到英国度假。

中国赴英旅游人数达到历史新高

Strength in the numbers of visits from growth markets such as China, rising 28 percent to arecord 90,000 in the first half of the year, and the GCC, with record numbers of visits, 282,000 (a two percent rise), and spend of over $1 billion, up three percent, indicates the success ofregional Visit Britain campaigns and commercial partnerships in both markets, said Visit Britain.