Analysis of China Tourist Bus Market in Q1-Q3 2012 Ⅰ

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

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

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

From above data, it is seen that

According to www.chinabuses.com research center data, in Jan.-Sept. 2012, it sold 26,183 units of tourist buses, rising by 9.62 percent higher than the bus sales in Jan.-Sept. 2011.   　　

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

Part Two: Analysis of 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat Tourist Buses in the Jan.-Sept. 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 64.5 percent, 0.6 percent higher than the first nine months of 2011. The market share of 30～35-seat tourist buses increases as well as the market share of 45～49-seat tourist buses 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 seven months of 2012 in China.

Table Two: Sales statistics of 30～35-seat & 45～49-seat tourist buses in the first nine months of 2012

Chart Two: Sales statistics of 30～35-seat & 45～49-seat tourist buses in the first nine months of 2012

From above data, it is seen that　

1. It sold 26,183 units of tourist buses in the first nine months of 2012, including 8,091 units of 30～35-seat tourist buses (accounted for 30.9 percent of the total tourist bus sales) and 8,798 units of 45～49-seat tourist buses (accounted for 33.6 percent of the total tourist bus sales ). The total sales of these two buses were 16,889 units, which accounted for about 64.5 percent of the total tourist buses.

2. In the first nine months of 2012, the total market share of 30～35-seat and 45～49-seat tourist buses is 0.6 percent higher than that 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 nine months of 2012 was 30.9 percent,which was 0.5 percent higher than the same period of 2011 ( that was 33.6 percent). And the market share of the 45～49-seat tourist buses was 33.6 percent, which was 0.1 percent higher than the same period of 2011 (that is 33.5 percent).
 

4. It indicates that the problems of the empty-loading 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 11～12 meters big tourist buses in 2012 is inevitable increasing.