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Sri Lanka aims to boost tourism, eyes more Chinese visitors

​Sri Lanka is aiming to become the best tourist hub in South East Asia and will look to attract more than 2.5 million tourists by 2016, an official said here on Thursday.

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Nepalese officials find development of Tibet beyond imagination

​Dadhiram Bhandari, Section Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a pre-assumption that Tibet is a marginalized and a primitive place, that was both barren and underdeveloped.

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Chinese tourists returning to Nepal to enjoy holidays helps local industries in post-quake era

​24 year-old Lin Xiaoyun had never stepped outside of her country, China. Being involved in a Chinese language center in Guangdong province as a language teacher, she decided to broaden her horizons, and travel for the first time to Nepal with friends this month.

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Cuba taps adventure tourism potential with new attractions

Cuba's tourism industry is currently souring, but it is about to open a new chapter as it explores its adventure tourism potential, a tourism ministry official said on Monday.

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Guilin to offer visa-free entry for ASEAN tour groups

The south China city of Guilin, a top tourist destination known for its picturesque landscape, will offer six-day visa-free entry to group tourists from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starting Thursday.

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Four badly-behaved Chinese tourists named and shamed

The names of four blacklisted tourists were published by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) on Thursday with the aim to raise public awareness of tourism etiquette.

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Myanmar sees over 400,000 tourists visiting second largest city in 2014

​Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay in the north received more than 400,000 foreign tourists in 2014, revealed the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism on Tuesday, predicting a rise to more than 500,000 in 2015.

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Railway development to benefit Thailand's tourism, local livelihoods

​Thailand's railway development, in which China is to play a part, will help bring overseas tourists to more destinations in Thailand, and thus spread the benefits of tourism to more Thai people, Thailand's minister of tourism and sports has commented.

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Thai police still searching for Israeli female missing in boat fire

​Police in south Thailand's Krabi province are still searching for an Israeli female tourist who remained missing after a tour boat exploded and burst into flames on Wednesday, China's consular office in Phuket said Thursday.

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Many reasons to tour Ho Chi Minh City

​The ongoing 2015 HCM City Tourism Festival, which runs from March 26 to 29, attracted over 40 local and foreign agencies including those from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

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Visa-free travel between China, Fiji expected to attract more Chinese tourists

​From March 14, 2015 on, nationals of China and Fiji can enter each other's country without a visa, as agreed by both governments.

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Chinese outbound tourism attracts world's attention

​ A workshop on Chinese outbound tourism was held at the International Tourismus-Boerse (ITB) in Berlin on Wednesday, the first day the world's biggest tourism trade fair opened to visitors.

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Chinese outbound tourism attracts world's attention

A workshop on Chinese outbound tourism was held at the International Tourismus-Boerse (ITB) in Berlin on Wednesday, the first day the world's biggest tourism trade fair opened to visitors.

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Chinese tourists valued around the world

​When the world's biggest travel trade fair ITB opens to the public in Berlin on Wednesday, a workshop on Chinese outbound tourism will be held in the German capital.

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Hong Kong receives less tourists from Chinese mainland

​The number of tourists from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong dropped nearly one percent year on year during the lunar New Year holiday, a rare trend in recent years.

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Taiwan bus collision injures 24 tourists

Two tour buses collided near Kenting scenic area in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, on Tuesday afternoon, injuring 24 tourists from the Chinese mainland, police said.

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Foreign tourists spend over 63 bln euros in Spain in 2014

Foreign tourists spent 63.094 billion euros (about 71 billion U.S. dollars) in Spain last year, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Tuesday.