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Increasing overseas tourists flock to Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-20 15:48 Beijing saw 367,000 overseas
visitors in the first two months this year, up 17.2 percent over the
corresponding period last year, according to the Beijing Municipal Tourism
Administration.
Visitors from foreign countries and regions reached
294,000 in the two-month period, a year-on-year rise of 19.1 percent; 47,000
visitors came from Hong Kong, up 11.2 percent, 1,000 from Macau, a drop of 31.3
percent, and 25,000 from Taiwan, a rise of 12 percent.
Japan, the
Republic of Korea and the United States are China's leading tourists source
countries, local tourism officials said.
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