From the view of tourism economy development in the world, developing positively inbound tourism is one of the mega-trends. Inbound tourism is the basic index for China to develop from a great tourist country to a powerful one. Firstly, general situation of inbound tourism development is expounded briefly in China since 1978. Secondly, analyze the main source countries (regions) markets from three aspects in detail: market share, mar-ket growth multiple (rate) and source countries competition state. Finally, summarize spatial distribution features of inbound tourism:inbound tourists highly concentrated in the eastern region, interna-tional tourism (foreign exchange) income of three big regions having significant differences and the distribution pattern of for-eign tourists is more selective. Hoping that the provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) recognize their own inbound tourism development status and potential, and formulate the devel-opment strategy which continuously improves the attraction, the paper will provide theoretical references and practical guidance to realizing the desired targets of “Positive development of inbound tourism” in China.%从世界旅游经济发展来看，积极发展入境旅游是大趋势之一。入境旅游是中国从旅游大国走向旅游强国的基础性指标。文章首先对1978年以来中国入境旅游发展概况进行简要阐述；其次从市场占有率、市场增长倍数（率）和客源国竞争态三个方面对主要客源国（地区）市场进行详细分析；最后归纳总结入境旅游空间分布特征，即入境游客高度集中于东部地区、国际旅游（外汇）收入三大区域差异显著、外国游客分布格局较有选择性。旨在使各省区市认清自身入境旅游发展现状和潜力，制定不断提高竞争力的发展战略，对实现中国“积极发展入境旅游”既定目标提供理论借鉴和实践指导。
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