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Chinese government spends more on culture, tourism in 2019

The Chinese government allocated 106.5 billion yuan (about 15 billion U.S. dollars) for cultural and tourism development in 2019, up 14.7 percent year on year, accordi

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Nominations for HKSAR Legislative Council General Election to start on July 18

The nomination period for the 2020 Legislative Council General Election will run from July 18 to 31, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's R

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China's Hubei introduces measures to boost consumption

Central China's Hubei Province, once hit hard by COVID-19, will introduce 25 measures to boost consumption and promote economic growth, according to a notice released

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China celebrates Cultural and Natural Heritage Day online

China has launched multiple online activities to celebrate this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on Saturday. Across the country, over 3,700 activ

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Xi stresses developing water-conserving agriculture

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday stressed the need to actively develop water-conserving agriculture and refr

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China's top economic planner, ICBC pledge support for private firms in Hubei

China's top economic planner and the country's biggest commercial lender have jointly launched a special plan to beef up support for private enterprises in Hubei Provi

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Japan's service sector activity shrinks for fourth month in May: PMI

VCG Japan's services sector activity stayed deep in contraction in May, although the pace of decline moderated from the previous month, as restraining measures put in place over the coronaviru

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Egyptian hotels reopened with reduced occupancy are nearly full

Exotic beach at the Red Sea,Naama Bay,Sharm El Sheikh,Egypt. /Getty Images Egyptian hotels operating with a new reduced occupancy rate of 25% to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus hav

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Montenegro is ready for summer tourists after becoming 'COVID-19 free'

01:43 Montenegro is aiming to get ahead of other tourism hotspots this summer after becoming the first European country to declare itself COVID-19 free.Often in the shadow of Croatia,

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Spain to reopen to international tourism from July: PM Sanchez

Spain will reopen to international tourism from July, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.The country is emerging from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, im

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Austria plans to reopen border with Germany from June 15: media

The Austrian government reached an agreement with Germany to reopen the border as early as June 15, the country's tourism minister told local media on Wednesday. "From June 15, the opening of th

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Egyptian president approves law to support state budget amid coronavirus outbreak

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi approved on Monday a new law to add 10 billion Egyptian pounds (635 million U.S. dollars) to the state budget for the current f

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Int'l hotel groups gradually resume full operations in China

International hospitality groups are gradually resuming full operations in China as the country has entered the phase of regular epidemic prevention and control. As of

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Tourism helps China's battle against poverty: official

Tourism has played an "extremely important" role in helping China's impoverished families shake off poverty, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Li Jinzao said on Sat

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China's tourism market sees strong recovery

China's tourism market saw a strong recovery during the five-day May Day holiday, an official said Friday.With regular epidemic control measures in place, the tourism market recovered to 50-percent o

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China's Hubei receives 7.35 mln tourists during May Day holiday

Central China's Hubei Province, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic, received a total of 7.35 million tourists during the May Day holiday. Tourism revenue

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Health official highlights personal protection in holiday trips

A Chinese health official said Tuesday that people need to pay attention to personal protection as the country embraces a peak of returning trips at the end of the fiv