After four years of decline, there was a huge increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting China in January, new figures show.
根据最新数据显示，在连续四年呈下降态势后，俄罗斯来华游客数量在今年1月出现了急剧上涨。
In total, 144,200 Russians visited in the first month of 2016 - up 46.9 percent on the same period last year, according to a recent report released by the China Tourism Academy, a think tank under the China National Tourism Administration.
据中国国家旅游局下属智库中国旅游研究院发布的数据显示，今年1月，共有14.42万名俄罗斯游客到访中国，这一数字比2015年同期多出46.9%。
Russia is the fifth-largest source market for China's tourism industry after the United States, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea, but over the past few years a weak ruble has dampened Russians' enthusiasm for travel abroad. Last year alone, the number of Russian tourists in China was down 22.7 percent year-on-year, according to the report
俄罗斯是继美国、越南、日本和韩国之后，中国旅游业的第五大客源国，但在过去的几年里，由于卢布的疲软，俄罗斯人出国旅游的热情并不高。据报道，仅去年一年，俄罗斯来华游客数量同比下降了22.7%。

Xu Xiaolei, a spokesman for China Youth Travel Service, said the growth in Russian tourists this winter was not surprising, but it was still too early to predict a trend for the rest of the year.
中国青年旅行社发言人徐小磊指出，今年冬天俄罗斯游客人数的增多并令人不意外，不过，现在就预测一整年的俄罗斯客流量还为时过早。
"Many Russian tourists chose to spend the bitter winter in warm Hainan province. And to avoid the peak season of Chinese New Year, many booked their trips to China in January," Xu said. "Tourism watchdogs have also been tightening the regulation of Hainan's tourism products. Compared with the sky-high hotel prices last year, prices in Hainan are relatively low this year. This has also helped to attract more Russian tourists."
徐小磊说：“很多俄罗斯游客选择前往中国温暖的海南省御寒，并且为了避开中国春节的客流高峰，很多人预订的是1月的航班。旅游监管部门也对海南省的旅游业加强了监管，与去年的天价酒店相比，海南省今年的酒店价格较低，这也吸引了更多的俄罗斯游客。 ”
Xu said he expected the overall inbound tourism industry to maintain its pace of growth this year, after the number of inbound visits in January increased by 1.7 percent year-on-year to 11.1 million, according to the China Tourism Academy report
据中国旅游研究院数据显示，今年1月份的入境游人数为1110万人次，比去年同期上涨了1.7%。徐小磊表示，他期待今年整年的入境游人数能保持住这一上升势头。