Chinese outbound travelers tightened¹ their purse strings² last year as their spending on travel dropped by 17% amid a slowing economy, according to a survey.

一项调查显示，由于经济增速放缓，去年中国出境游客收紧钱包，旅游消费额下降了17%。

According to Chinese International Travel Monitor 2016, daily outbound travel expenses dropped from 3,324 yuan ($500) last year to 2,849 yuan in 2016.

根据《中国游客境外旅游调查报告2016》显示，中国游客的境外旅行日均消费从去年的3324元（折合500美元）降至2016年的2849元。

The report surveyed 3,000 Chinese outbound travelers and 5,800 global hoteliers in May.

该报告调查了五月份3000名中国出境旅客和全球5800家酒店。

"It is even more significant among top spenders with their average daily expenses dropped by 40 percent from 13,800 yuan in 2015 to 8,228 yuan in 2016, said Jessica Chuang, director of regional marketing³ in China, Southeast Asia and India of hotels.com Asia Pacific.

好订网亚太区中国、东南亚和印度地区市场总监庄佩芙称，这一趋势在顶级消费群体中更为明显，其日均消费从2015年的13800元降至2016年的8228元，降幅达40%。

But she said its findings remain positive about outbound travel perspectives in China as two-thirds of Chinese outbound travelers consider travel a necessary element in life, and 92 percent of them said they won't cut their travel budget in the near future.

但是她也表示，调查结果表明在中国出境游方面仍是积极向上的。因为2/3的中国出境游客认为旅游是生活中必不可少的一部分，其中92%的人表示近期不会削减旅行预算。

Despite only 5 percent of Chinese people holding a passport, China has become the largest outbound travel consumption country. In 2015, the number of outbound trips reached more than 120 million.

尽管只有5%的中国人持有护照，不过中国已成为最大的出境旅游消费国。2015年，我国出境游人数超过了1亿2000万。