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140,000
People Visit Tibet During National Day Holiday
( 10/14/2001)
An estimated 140,000 people visited Tibet, known as the "roof
of the world", during the week-long National Day Holiday which
ended on October 7.
Liao Lisheng, an official with the autonomous regional tourism
bureau, said that domestic tourists made up over 90 percent of the
total.
The number of overseas tourists visiting Tibet, in southwest China,
over the holiday period dropped markedly due to the uncertainty
in international situation.
(People's Daily)
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