Chinese tourism sector growing rapidly. With 62 million direct and indirect jobs, the tourism sector in China today employs more people than the financial sector (48.5 million), according the World Travel and Tourism Council (WWTC). What is more, tourism's contribution to GDP is growing faster than most other sectors in China. It should thus grow by +9% over the next ten years, as compared to +7.6% for the whole of the Chinese economy. (IL/transl.fl)