In the past five years, tourism industry had obtained rapid development in Guangdong Province. In 1999, the total
income obtained from the tourist industry was about 96 billion Renminbi amounting to 1/4 of the total national income.
The total overseas tourist arrivals to Guangdong was about 6 million persons/trips, about 80% of the national total.
Within the Guangdong Province, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are two of the most important tourist cities, the total income
derived from tourist industry from Guangzhou and Shenzhen amounted to 37% and 22% respectively of the provincial
total.