According to big data, the provincial capital city received 184.03 million travelers in 2018, registering a rise of 13% over the year earlier, and the same rate up was shared by domestic visitors, who numbered 179.83 million. And, overnight tourists amounted to 1.0648 million, with foreign visitors contributing to 701.3 thousand. In response, revenue from the sector totaled 358.9 billion yuan, up by 18% over the same period of the year previously; foreign exchange earnings from tourism hit US $ 3.83 billion dollars, marking a growth of 8.1%.