Number of foreign tourists entering China from January to September 2015 (by purpose) FOREIGN VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PURPOSE， JAN-SEP 2015 Purpose PURPOSE Country Total TOTAL Conference/Business Tourism Leisure Home Visits Service Employees Other NATIONALITY (10000 people) (10000) PERSON) MEETINGS/ BUSINESS SIGHTSEEING/ LEISURE VISITING RELATIVES & FRIENDS WORKER & CREW OTHERS total TOTAL 1899.97 390.9 595.74 59.75 257.04 596.54 Subtotals for Asia ASIA 1213.56 225.74 379.7 14.24 187.95 405.93 Japan JAPAN 184.62 57.45 29.41 4.17 8.56 85.03 the republic of korea KOREA 328.68 80.91 149.4 2.52 30.17 65.69 North Korea KOREA,D.P.REP. 13.97 2.17 0.11 0.01 7.12 4.56 Mongolia MONGOLIA 75.08 8.01 4.06 0.03 15.94 47.05 the Philippines PHILIPPINES 73.87 2.43 14.04 0.2 49.62 7.57 Thailand THAILAND 45.25 3.04 23.83 0.2 12.63 5.56 Singapore SINGAPORE 63.12 14.53 16.34 3.64 5.03 23.58 Indonesia INDONESIA 39.9 2.08 23 0.27 10.42 4.13 Malaysia MALAYSIA 72.83 11.3 41.39 0.98 7.08 12.09 Pakistan PAKISTAN 8.31 2.51 2.13 0.07 0.61 2.99 India INDIA 54.2 14.63 12.28 0.26 12.5 14.52 Nepal NEPAL 3.66 0.64 1.09 0.03 0.44 1.46 Sri Lanka SRI LANKA 4.22 1.03 0.43 0.02 1.75 1 Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN 18.91 1.3 9.56 0.41 4 3.64 Kyrgyzstan KYRGYZSTAN 3.3 0.11 1.23 0.03 1.51 0.43 other OTHERS 223.63 23.61 51.39 1.41 20.59 126.64 Subtotals for the Americas AMERICA 230.2 39.71 77.73 28.17 15.12 69.47 U.S.A U.S.A 154.41 28.2 56 14.8 10.52 44.89 Canada CANADA 49.45 5.91 12.41 12.02 2.31 16.8 Mexico MEXICO 5.05 0.96 2.3 0.06 0.38 1.35 other OTHERS 21.29 4.64 7.03 1.29 1.9 6.43 Subtotals for Europe EUROPE 357.38 99.85 111.72 8.84 46.65 90.32 britain U.K. 43.33 10.83 13.38 2.14 3.27 13.7 Germany GERMANY 46.13 15.39 8.64 1.75 3.08 17.27 France FRANCE 36.29 6.68 11.5 1.15 2.79 14.16 Italy ITALY 18.05 4.71 5.64 0.25 1.89 5.56 Russia RUSSIA 112.82 38.97 45.1 0.31 17.9 10.53