The presence of a number of large enterprises in several key segments of the chemical industry means that domestic competition hardly exists in them. There are a few major companies in the country that not only dominate their respective local markets, but are important players on a European scale. Not surprisingly, M&A transactions happen rarely in this industry, but once they do they are usually massive. Such was the case with the consolidation of the chemical synthesis segment into Grupa Azoty in 2012 and its subsequent defence against what have been perceived as a hostile take-over attempts by Russia's Acron. In recent months, the biggest deal was the purchase of shares in Synthos from minority shareholders when the company's majority owner Michal Solowow decided to delist the firm - the deal's value was EUR 486mn.

根据公司财报，旅游板块重点上市公司 18 年合计营业收入、归母净利润和扣非后归母净利润同比分别增长 23.0%、20.5%和 6.4%，19Q1 同比分别增长 20.3%、52.5%和 17.9%，主要由于权重免税龙头中国国旅内生外延增长良好。

2018 年，旅游板块营收增 20.1%，与去年基本持平；业绩增 13.8%（扣非增13.8%），较 17 年有所放缓。各板块：营收增速免税（66.2%）>出境游（7.1%）>景区（7.0%）>演艺（6.2%）>餐饮（5.9%）>酒店（5.1%）>综合（4.3%）；业绩增速综合（88.1%）>免税（22.3%）>演艺（20.6%）>景区（18.7%）>餐饮（0.4%）>酒店（-10.9%）>出境游（-47.7%），免税表现最为突出，演艺较良好，综合板块业绩大增与并表与部分公司扭亏相关，酒店、出境游有所放缓。逐季度来看，18 年上半年表现较靓丽，下半年尤其 Q4 因经济及事件性因素承压明显。