Surge in Beijing tourism helping fuel the economy
By Zhuan Ti | China Daily | Updated: 2012-05-25 08:20
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A couple at the Tiananmen Square at the end of April. Beijing received millions of tourists from home and abroad during the three-day May holiday. Zheng Shuai / China Daily |
Tourism in Beijing registered robust growth in the first quarter of this year, according to the city's tourism authority, with more than 43 million arrivals, a year-on-year increase of 9.3 percent.
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