Golden Week by the NumbersPosted by Joel Martinsen on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 12:30 PM
1. Number of "Golden Weeks" to date: 15
2. Road trips taken nationally: 323 million 3. Percentage from large and mid-sized cities travelling in private cars: 30 4. Number of tourists in Beijing: 4.16 million 5. Increase over last year: 14% 6. Tourist satisfaction rate: 93% 7. Percentage point decrease from last year: 4 8. Tons of garbage taken out of Tiananmen Square each day: 18 9. Tons on a normal day: 3 to 4 10. Rank of chewing gum and advertising stickers on the list of Square cleaners' annoyances: 1 11. Wedding banquet tables served in Shanghai: 24,750 12. Total food-related consumption in Shanghai: 100 million yuan 13. Number of pickpockets arrested in Beijing on Thursday, 5 May: 0 14. Number of "Classic Red Tourism sites" named by the National Tourism Administration: 100 15. Number of destinations Beijing taxi drivers must memorize for the updated certification exam: 620 **Unless otherwise indicated, all figures are for the period from 1-7 May, 2005. Sources: 2, 3 from Xinhuanet; 4-7 from The Beijing News; 8-10 from The Legal Mirror; 11, 12 from Xinhuanet; 13 from The Legal Mirror; 14 from People's Daily Online (English); 15 from The Legal Mirror. This is not an Index UPDATE: Hong Kong blog Simon World comments on the matter of statistics in China and why it very difficult to believe them: Funny Numbers. |
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