Analysis of China Tourist Bus Market in Jan.-June 2012 Ⅰ

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Part one: Analysis of Tourist Bus' Sales Statistics in Jan.-June 2012 in China

According to www.chinabuses.com research center data, in Jan.-June 2012, it sells 19,631 units of tourist buses, rising 12.77 percent higher than that of 17,408 units in Jan.-June 2011.    

Table One:Sales growth rate statistics of tourist buses in Jan.-June 2012 
  

Chart One:Sales growth rate statistics of tourist buses in Jan.-June 2012 

From above data, it is seen that

According to the sales statistics data, in the first half year of 2012, the sales growth rate of the tourist buses increase gradually and the sales growth in Jan.-June reached 12.77 percent. It showed it is now goting out of recession compared to that of 2011.

The Interest rate of the bank is cutting so the operators have more channels to solve the purchasing capitials for the buses. Besides, the sales base of the first half year in 2011 is small, which is favorable for the growth of the buses in 2012. 
　

Part Two: Analysis of 30～35-seat and 45～47-seat Tourist Buses in the First Half Year of 2012
　　

According to the number of the seats to divide the tourist bus market, the 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat tourist buses are the two most popular ones. Their total market share reach 65.6 percent, 0.1 percent higher than the first half year of 2011. The market share of 30～35-seat decreases but the market share of 45～49-seat tourist buses increases compared to last year.

According to the investigation of the target users, the tour groups are divided into big tour groups and small tour groups. The general big one carries about 47 tourists and the small one carries about 33 tourists. So the tourist buses are mainly concentrated in the lengths of 10～11 meters, 11～12 meters, 8～9 meters and 7 ~ 8 meters. The following information shows the sales statistics of 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat tourist buses in the first half year of 2012 in China.

Table Two: Sales statistics of 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat tourist buses in the first half year of 2012
  

Chart Two: Sales statistics of 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat tourist buses in the first half year of 2012　　

From above data, it is seen that　

1. It sells 19,631 units of tourist buses in the first half year of 2012, including 6,086 units of 30～35-seat tourist buses (accounts for 31.0 percent of the total tourist bus sales ) and 6,773 units of 45～49-seat tourist buses (accounts for 34.5 percent of the total tourist bus sales ). The total sales of these two buses are 12,859 units, which account for about 65.5 percent of the total tourist buses.

2. In the first half year of 2012, the total market share of 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat tourist buses is 0.1 percent higher than the half year of 2011, which shows the sales of the tourist buses is concentrated in these two different lengths buses.

3. The market share of 30～35-seat tourist buses in first half year of 2012 is 31.0 percent,which is 0.1 percent lower than the same period of 2011 ( that is 31.1 percent). And the market share of the 45～49-seat tourist buses is 34.5 percent, which is 0.2 percent higher than the same period of 2011 (that is 34.3 percent).
 

4. It indicates that the problems of the load ratio and return rate of large tourist buses are preliminarily improving. With the well development of the tourist bus market, the sales proposition of the 45～49-seat tourist buses will increase bigger in 2012. The sales of the big tourist buses in 2012 is inevitable increasing.