During CITM 2002, there were 1,700 domestic exhibitor units and 800 overseas exhibitor units, involving a total of 1,614 booths, i.e., 1,111 domestic booths, 503 overseas booths, with an exhibition area of 34,500 sq m. A total of 46 countries and regions took part in the mart, namely, China, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Maldives, Thailand, Australia, Cambodia, the Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam, Brunei, New Zealand, Nepal, Malaysia, South Africa, Mongolia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, India, Tunisia, Cuba, the United States, Canada, Finland, Ukraine, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Spain, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Turkey, Britain, Sweden, Egypt, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, France, Denmark, Hong Kong and Macau. Compared with CITM 2001, the participants increased by 10%. In terms of the continent or country the exhibitors belonged to, 13.8% of exhibitors came from Asia, 10.9% from Europe, 2.2% from Oceania, 4.2% from America, 0.7% from Africa and 68.2% from China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR). In terms of the exhibitors' business type, airline companies made up 2.07%, tourist attractions 10.08%, cruise companies 0.74%, national and regional tourist organizations 18.15%, hotels and hotel groups 20.3%, travel agencies 43.33%, tourist websites and computer reservation systems 0.96% and others 4.37%. A total of 30 million materials were provided during CITM 2002. There were about 10,000 people from tourist circles and 50,000 visitors came to the exhibition. Over 1,200 domestic and overseas buyers were invited to participate in CITM 2002.