In which countries are overseas tourists mainly distributed?

Throughout 1300 years, the history of China people emigrating overseas can be roughly divided into four periods:

In the first period, from the Tang Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty (6 18- 1270), overseas Chinese gradually appeared. During this period, China's feudal commodity economy was quite developed, but Southeast Asia was still relatively backward, so many Chinese businessmen went to Southeast Asia to engage in trade. Some of them settled down locally and became the first generation of overseas Chinese. Most of the overseas Chinese in this period lived in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia today, with a population of about 65,438+10,000.

The second period, from Yuan Dynasty to the middle of Qing Dynasty (127 1- 1840), was a period when overseas Chinese went abroad in large numbers and their social and economic foundation in the host country was gradually established. During this period, the opening of the maritime ban in Ming Dynasty promoted the further development of overseas trade. Some parts of Southeast Asia have become colonies or trade relay areas of western countries, and are in urgent need of cheap labor and handicrafts from China, thus attracting more Chinese businessmen and bankrupt farmers, fishermen and craftsmen to go abroad. In addition, Zheng He, the great supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, led a fleet of more than 20,000 people to visit more than 30 countries and regions in Asia and Africa, which enhanced the friendship between China and Asian and African countries and created better conditions for China people to go abroad for business and immigration. During this period, from Japan and Korea in the east, to the east coast of India in the west, to the upper reaches of Irrawaddy River in Myanmar in the north, and to Indonesia in the south, overseas Chinese can be seen almost everywhere, with a population of over 6,543,800.

The third period, from the Opium War to the eve of liberation (184 1- 1949). It is the climax of large-scale immigration of overseas Chinese. During this period, the number, scale, distribution and experience of overseas Chinese going abroad were unprecedented. The reason is nothing more than domestic and foreign. At home, because of political darkness, constant wars and economic bankruptcy, people are in dire straits and are eager to find a way out. In foreign countries, there is an urgent need for a large number of cheap labor because of the crazy economic plunder and development of imperialism to the colonies. As a result, batches of "contract Chinese laborers" (commonly known as "piglets") were sold abroad, which became the main way for China immigrants in this period. This kind of trafficking started at the end of 18. 65438+ reached its climax in mid-2009 and began to decline in the early 20th century. In the past 65,438+000 years, about 7 million people in China were trafficked all over the world, thus laying the foundation for overseas Chinese to spread all over the world today. The number of overseas Chinese in this period has reached120,000.

The fourth period, from the establishment of 1949 People's Republic of China (PRC) to the 1990s. During this period, the history of overseas Chinese going abroad in large numbers basically ended. However, due to the economic differences between the East and the West and the adjustment of immigration policies in the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries, many China people still emigrate by reuniting with their relatives and studying abroad. Many residents of Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau have also emigrated. During this period, with the economic development and natural population growth of overseas Chinese, the number of overseas Chinese also increased sharply, with an estimated 30 million. 90% of them have been naturalized, and there are only about 3 million overseas Chinese.

At present, overseas Chinese are widely distributed in five continents 160 countries and regions. As for the population of overseas Chinese, there is no accurate and scientific statistics, only a rough estimate. Because most overseas Chinese intermarry with local ethnic groups, the relationship between Chinese descent is complex, and there is no unified standard for the concept of Chinese; In addition, due to various conditions, it is impossible for people to conduct a comprehensive and detailed population survey of overseas Chinese scattered around the world. As far as the population of overseas Chinese in various countries is concerned, only a few statistics come from the special statistics of national authorities, and most of them come from the estimates of China's embassies and consulates abroad, overseas Chinese affairs departments and overseas Chinese communities.

From all aspects, the total population of overseas Chinese at the beginning of 2 1 century was about 39.758 million, of which about 2 million were a new generation of overseas Chinese who immigrated from the mainland in recent 20 years, distributed in 16 1 countries, and most of them were foreign Chinese. Except for a few inland countries and remote island areas, there are traces of China people all over the world.

From the distribution of continents, there are 2 1.25 million people in Asia, accounting for 83.7%; 2.45 million people in the United States, accounting for 9.9%; Europe has 6.5438+0.25 million people, accounting for 4.9%; 320,000 people in Oceania, accounting for1.2%; 90,000 people in Africa, accounting for 0.3%.

In terms of countries and regions, 85.5% of overseas Chinese are concentrated in Southeast Asia, with 6,543,805,740 people in Indonesia (6 million), Thailand (4.65 million) and Malaysia (5.09 million) alone, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of overseas Chinese in the world.

At present, there are six countries in the world: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and the United States, with a total of 1 10,000 overseas Chinese. There are10-100000 overseas Chinese living in Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Japan, Britain, France, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and other countries11; There are Brunei, Laos, North Korea, South Korea, Nepal, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, South Africa, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Peru and Argentina. There are 26 countries and regions with overseas Chinese 1000- 10000. There are 100 overseas Chinese living in 29 countries and regions. The above *** 104 countries and regions. The total number of overseas Chinese in more than 50 other countries and regions does not exceed 2,000, ranging from dozens to 35.