The total number of inbound tourists to China from January to September 2015 (by entry method) increased year-on-year compared to the same period last year MODE OF TRANSPORT (10000 people) (%) Ship, airplane, train, car, hiking (10000 PERSON) Grow (%) SEA AIR RAIL MOTOR FOOT total TOTAL 9881.96 4.41 337.09 1542.46 90.91 2167.18 5744.32 Hong Kong compatriots HONGKONG 5878.79 4.33 84.32 138.44 56.03 1786.16 3813.82 Compatriots in Macau MACAU 1694.94 12.09 8.15 7.06 0.21 111.4 1568.11 Compatriots in Taiwan TAIWAN 408.26 2.91 59.69 257.14 1.67 34.34 55.42 Foreigners FOREIGNERS 1899.97 -1.11 184.93 1139.83 32.99 235.27 306.97 Foreigners by region and country: BY NATIONALITY Subtotals for Asia ASIA 1213.56 2.59 133.19 696.49 17.46 125.61 240.81 Japan JAPAN 184.62 -7.33 7.57 140.09 2.36 13.84 20.77 the republic of korea KOREA 328.68 6.84 24.84 278.46 1.34 7.29 16.74 North Korea KOREA,D.P.REP. 13.97 -0.13 6.13 2.43 2.67 2.3 0.44 Mongolia MONGOLIA 75.08 -7.27 0.05 5.29 4.65 62.8 2.3 the Philippines PHILIPPINES 73.87 2.71 47.84 15.44 0.48 2.73 7.37 Thailand THAILAND 45.25 4.98 2.63 33.78 0.31 2.07 6.47 Singapore SINGAPORE 63.12 -5.44 2.45 44.69 0.71 4.73 10.53 Indonesia INDONESIA 39.9 -5.7 9.69 17.49 0.76 4.06 7.9 Malaysia MALAYSIA 72.83 -4.61 2.66 53.28 0.71 4.36 11.82 Pakistan PAKISTAN 8.31 2.88 0.25 5.97 0.08 0.47 1.54 India INDIA 54.2 4.28 13.99 25.94 1.15 4.24 8.87 Nepal NEPAL 3.66 -10.22 0.43 2.39 0.04 0.05 0.76 Sri Lanka SRI LANKA 4.22 20.68 0.95 3.12 0.02 0.05 0.09 Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN 18.91 -25.36 0.02 5.92 0.77 9.03 3.17 Kyrgyzstan KYRGYZSTAN 3.3 -10.12 0 1.37 0.01 1.69 0.24 other OTHERS 223.63 21.55 13.68 60.84 1.4 5.91 141.81 Subtotals for the Americas AMERICA 230.2 1.05 10.48 164.9 5.12 23.14 26.57 U.S.A U.S.A 154.41 0.27 6.33 115.34 2.74 14.81 15.19 Canada CANADA 49.45 1.92 2.28 32.43 1.35 5.76 7.63 Mexico MEXICO 5.05 8.37 0.25 3.88 0.16 0.32 0.44 other OTHERS 21.29 3.19 1.62 13.25 0.86 2.25 3.31