According to the World Tourism Organisation, China could be the most popular tourist destination in the world by 2020,
attracting some 130 million foreign visitors in that year. On the other hand, owing to the improvement in living standards
and the open door policy, Mainland Chinese will make outbound visit and domestic travels more frequently. In 1999,
Mainland visitors were Hong Kong's largest source market with arrivals reaching 3.08 million. It is estimated that when
Disneyland opens in 2004/5, 1.4 visitors from Mainland would visit the facilities and rising to 2.9 million per year in 15
years' time. Also, Guangdong Tourism Bureau recently began to promote "Guangdong people touring Guangdong" and
"Chinese people touring Guangdong" activities, aiming to increase the number of domestic visitors touring Guangdong's
tourist facilities. So it is important that focus should be placed on infrastructural improvement, and hotel development so
that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Tourism District will become a world known tourist destination in future