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China invested $162.7 billion in travel and tourism capital expenditure in 2024 — 2.3% of total national capex. WTTC EIR 2025 classifies the demand momentum as accelerating, with the sector ranked 2nd among 42 panel economies and a ten-year forecast share of GDP at 13.9% in 2035.
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$162.7 billion tourism capex (2024)
Source
WTTC EIR 2025
Last updated
2026-05-12
KEY FIGURES
T&T capex (2024)
$162.7 billion
Share of total national capex
2.3%
Capex rank
2nd of 42
Demand momentum
Accelerating
GDP share forecast (2035)
13.9%
Tourism YoY growth (2024)
22.7%
Key figures
TOURISM GDP SHARE — 5-YEAR TREND
China's $162.7 billion 2024 tourism capex represents 2.3% of national capital formation. WTTC's forward outlook for China carries a accelerating demand-momentum label, the agency's most actionable forward signal.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WTTC EIR 2025 classifies China's tourism momentum as accelerating. The sector accounts for 2.3% of national capex and ranks 2nd of 42 panel economies.
$162.7 billion of capital expenditure flowed into China's travel and tourism sector in 2024 (WTTC EIR 2025).
WTTC projects China's tourism share of GDP to reach 13.9% by 2035, up from 9.0% in 2024.
Tourism GDP grew 22.7% year-over-year in 2024 in China, and demand momentum is rated accelerating by WTTC EIR 2025.
China ranks 2nd of 42 economies on tourism capex share. Combined with a 9.0% GDP share and accelerating momentum, it offers an asymmetric entry point in the global tourism asset class.
METHODOLOGY & SOURCE
Every numeric claim on this page is sourced from WTTC EIR 2025 (WTTC EIR 2025 — China, p. 1). Last accessed 2026-05-11. No figures are estimated, modelled, or AI-generated — DataGreat's narrator is locked to WTTC values verbatim.
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