Approved Destination Status agreements with China, by year.
Year Destination
1983 Hong Kong, Macao
1988 Thailand
1990 Malaysia, Singapore
1992 Philippines
1998 South Korea
1999 Australia, New Zealand
2000 Brunei, Cambodia, Japan, Myanmar, Vietnam
2002 Egypt, Indonesia, Malta, Nepal, Turkey
2003 Croatia, Cuba, Germany, Hungary, India, Maldives, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka
2004 Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Seychelles, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2005 Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, Jamaica, Lao PDR, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, Vanuatu
2006 Bahamas, Grenada, Mongolia, Tonga
2007 Andorra, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Uganda, Morocco, Monaco, Namibia, Venezuela, Oman, Syria
2008 French Polynesia, Israel, Taiwan, United States
2009 Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guyana, Mali, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates
2010 Canada, Lebanon, Federated States of Micronesia, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Serbia
2011 Iran
2012 Madagascar, Cameroon, Colombia, Samoa
2013 Rwanda
Source: Chinese National Tourism Association (www.cnta.gov.cn)
