中国旅游研究院(China Tourism Academy)表示，大陆游客 (mainland tourist)在海外旅游上花费了420亿美元。同时，海外游客 (overseas tourists)只花了380亿美元在中国大陆，同比下降7%。虽 然2009的官方统计数据还没有公布，研究院估计2009年的旅游赤字将是4亿——中国旅游业首次赤字。
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China Tourism Academy, said that mainlandtourists spent some $42 billion in overseasdestinations. At the same time，overseas touristsspent only $38 billion on the mainland, down by 7percent year- on-year. Though official statistics for2009 are yet to be released, the academy estimatedthat the tourism deficit will stand at $4 billion in 2009 —the first ever tourism deficit in China.
