Yesterday, director general Xuhong of Nanjing Bureau of Tour said that the number of tourists would break through one million.

According to the statistics, from January to November, hotels in Nanjing received 863 thousand foreign tourists, up 14.34% over the same period of last year.

Vice director general Zheng Xiaoming of Nanjing Bureau of Tour said that Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea markets continued to keep the rapid growth. The number of Malaysian tourists reached 98 thousand, up 22.58% over the same period of lat year.

From January to November, the number of Japanese tourists reached 80695, an increase of 21%.

In addition, the scope of increase of tourists from Britain, Germany and France exceeded 50%. The number of British tourists reached 32 thousand, up 77.98% over the same period of last year.

The number of German tourists reached 40.2 thousand, an increase of 51.65%. The number of French tourists reached 26.8 thousand, an increase of 50.23%.