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Article: Coastal city sets high targets for tourism industry
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 20, 2003
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Coastal city sets high targets for tourism industry
DALIAN, Liaoning, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The coastal city of Dalian,
in northeast China's Liaoning province, aims to receive 550,000
tourists from overseas this year, bringing in 363 million US dollars
in foreign exchange.
The city aims to register more than 16 billion yuan (1.93 billion
US dollars) in total tourism income, including that brought by
domestic tourists, this year.
The total tourism income is expected to be 18.5 percent more than
that for 2002 and account for about 10 percent of Dalian's annual
GDP.
To promote the growth of the tourism industry, the National
Tourism Administration ...