Beijing Tourism Green Book: The situation of inbound tourism is not optimistic

The Beijing Tourism Green Book "Beijing Tourism Development Report 2014", edited by the Beijing Tourism Society and published by the Social Science Literature Publishing House, was released on June 30th. The report points out that in recent years, the number of inbound tourists to Beijing has been continuously declining due to multiple factors. In 2013, the decline exceeded the national average, which has affected the achievement of the inbound tourism goals of Beijing's 12th Five Year Plan.

The Green Book points out that since 2008, the number of domestic tourists in Beijing has been steadily increasing, while the gap between the number of foreign tourists and domestic tourists is significant, with slow growth and a downward trend after 2012. For Beijing, the number of inbound tourists in 2013 was 4.501 million, a decrease of 10% year-on-year, accounting for less than 2% of the total tourism reception in Beijing, which is far from the positioning of a "world tourism city".

The Green Book also pointed out that although the number of inbound tourists and foreign exchange income from tourism have both declined year-on-year, in terms of quality and efficiency, the proportion of foreign exchange income from tourism in Beijing in 2013 was 4.2 times that of its population, with an average per capita expenditure of 1065 US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. Among them, shopping consumption has significantly increased, and inbound tourism remains the most contributing component of Beijing's tourism sector.

经过2个月试运营，福建省、厦门市重点文化产业项目、世界最大马戏城——厦门灵玲国际马戏城顶级马戏盛宴，30日晚在公益慰问演出中正式拉开帷幕，厦门旅游从此进入了夜间旅游新时代。

当晚，一场呈现国际最高水准的马戏视觉盛宴作为厦门国际大马戏的处女秀，奉献给了厦门市各界老年人代表：由厦门市老龄委、民政局、残联等机构联袂组织的近万名老年人代表人，现场体验了这一世界顶级马戏带来的震撼。

在这场堪称厦门史上第一次如此大规模的公益慰问演出上，厦门国际马戏城在全球首次推出了以“生命传奇”为主题的后现代主义的巨型马戏。它讲述了生命传承的历史、价值与力量。演出中，生命的发展、成长与进化贯穿始终，一步一步揭示了生命进化、发展与科技的结合。

经典马术、俄罗斯大跳板、生死魔轮、肯尼亚杂技、黑猩猩表演、英“熊”联萌、美女变野兽、袋鼠拳击、河马狒狒、空中芭蕾及飞车特技等精彩绝伦的表演，无不令人目不暇接，惊心动魄。

作为世界首家、全球最大国际马戏旅游综合体，这一文化旅游项目自2012年年末开工建设以来就备受社会各界关注和支持。厦门灵玲国际马戏城董事长徐卫勇表示，此次公益慰问演出活动只是感恩厦门系列活动的开始，今后，不只是老年人、包括社会弱势群体等各个阶层都将是热心公益活动的对象。

公益演出除了势将让人们感受到政府、社会的关怀和关爱，还会让更多的人通过科普知识了解动物、关爱动物，共同参与到保护动物的活动中来。

此间观察人士称，厦门是名闻遐迩的风景旅游城市，目前其旅游产品大都是静态旅游，缺少夜间旅游产品、动态性的旅游产品，厦门国际马戏城每年365天不间断上演世界顶级马戏，主打夜间旅游，打造厦门最具特色的夜间文化主题公园，将填补厦门夜间旅游、文化旅游大型演艺项目的空白，促使厦门乃至福建文化旅游产业步入一个新的发展里程碑。

据介绍，厦门国际马戏城占地350亩，总投资将超过10亿元人民币，主要由世界最大国际马戏大剧院、超五星级马戏主题酒店、马戏魔术演艺一条街及自然标本博物馆等四大板块组成