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Northeast China's Liaoning Province reported a big rise in tourism income in 2002, according to the provincial statistics bureau.
The province hosted 930,000 overseas visitors last year and earned US$550 million from tourism, up 25.6 and 18.9 percent respectively on a yearly basis.
More than 63.05 million domestic tourists visited the province in 2002, bringing in 39.7 billion yuan (US$4.8 billion), up 26.5 percent and 44.9 percent respectively from the previous year, the bureau said.
To attract more tourists, many travel agencies and scenic attractions administrators in the province sent promotional groups abroad or to other Chinese provinces.
(Xinhua News Agency February 4, 2003)
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