中國赴英旅遊人數達到歷史新高

The number of Chinese visitors to Britain in the first six months of 2015 reached a record 90,000,a 28 percent rise on the same period of 2014, figures from Visit Britain revealed Friday.

英國旅遊局官方網站週五公佈的數據顯示，2015年上半年，中國赴英旅遊人數達到9萬，比2014年同期增長28%。

Tourism officials are expecting the total number of Chinese visitors for the year to reach more than 200,000.

據旅遊局官員預測，今年中國遊客總數將超過20萬。

Visit Britain said statistics from ONS, the Office for National Statistics, show the number of tourists from Middle East Gulf states also set a new record.

英國旅遊局稱根據國家統計局的數據，中東海灣地區的遊客數量也創下了新記錄。

Visitors from China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, markets indicated their growing love of Britain as a holiday destination with record numbers visiting during the first six months of 2015.

今年上半年，中國以及巴林、科威特、阿曼、卡塔爾、沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合酋長國等國家赴英旅遊的人數達到新高，這表明中國和海合會國家的遊客越來越熱衷於到英國度假。

Strength in the numbers of visits from growth markets such as China, rising 28 percent to a record 90,000 in the first half of the year, and the GCC, with record numbers of visits, 282,000 (a two percent rise), and spend of over $1 billion, up three percent, indicates the success of regional Visit Britain campaigns and commercial partnerships in both markets, said Visit Britain.

上半年，中國遊客總量爲9萬人，增加28%，海合會國家遊客總量增加2%，達到28.2萬的歷史最高水平。消費總額也上漲3%，達到10億美元以上。英國旅遊局表示，這些國家遊客數量的大幅增加表明在這兩大市場中，旅遊局的相關工作和商業合作取得了成功。

Visits from Britain's two most valuable markets, the United States and Germany, spent record amounts in the first six months, with visitors from India, Singapore and Sweden also increased their spending during this period.

美國和德國，作爲英國旅遊業最有價值的兩大市場，前六個月的消費額達到歷史新高。印度、新加坡和瑞典遊客的消費額也有所增加。

Britain welcomed three percent more visits over the first six months of 2015, beating last year's record figures for the same period. Spending in the first six months of 2015 increased by two percent, contributing almost $15 billion to the British economy.

2015年上半年，英國旅遊人數比去年同期上漲3%，消費總額增加2%，達到150億美元左右。

Patricia Yates, Director of Strategy and Communications at Visit Britain said: "The UK continues to be a draw to all visitors and the increase in business visits reflects the return to the UK as a place to come and do business."

英國旅遊局戰略傳播總監Patricia Yates表示：“英國將繼續吸引着來自世界各地的遊客。而且，商務旅遊的增加也反映了人們不僅把英國作爲一個旅遊地，也認爲英國是個做生意的好地方。”