July 2009

August 2009

(estimate)

Accrued for 8 months of 2009

August 2009 vs. July 2009

August 2009 vs. August 2008

8 months 2009 vs. 8 months 2008 (%)

Total

271,422

314,915

2,479,939

116.0

92.0

82.3

By means of transportation

By air

214,998

257,915

2,031,820

120.0

96.2

88.3

By sea

6,000

5,000

52,338

83.3

84.2

45.1

By road

50,424

52,000

395,782

103.1

75.9

66.1

By purposes of trips

Tourism

141,077

182,639

1,460,709

129.5

89.1

79.3

Business

54,702

62,741

464,605

114.7

90.2

79.3

Visiting relatives

59,988

46,502

387,141

77.5

105.6

101.2

Others

15,655

23,035

167,487

147.1

96.4

81.6

By countries and territories

China

34,937

39,425

301,437

112.8

86.0

65.0

USA

38,625

32,207

293,765

83.4

104.8

96.1

South Korea

23,906

36,386

256,969

152.2

88.6

78.4

Japan

20,003

31,081

228,941

155.4

91.6

88.6

Taiwan (China)

24,411

25,634

188,220

105.0

101.0

84.6

Australia

15,696

13,960

143,759

88.9

84.2

88.2

France

12,468

17,326

121,699

139.0

91.3

96.9

Malaysia

10,494

11,914

108,827

113.5

87.8

95.6

Thailand

9,478

10,593

105,812

111.8

71.9

83.2

Canada

7,384

6,186

61,380

83.8

81.8

97.5

Others

74,020

90,203

669,130

121.9

95.9

79.3