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China's international tourist arrivals posted a 16.93 percent strong growth in the first three quarters of 2000 to hit 62.27 million, according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The country earned US$12.27 billion from overseas tourists in the January-September period, up 19.02 percent from the same period of 1999.
Leading sources of tourists for China's mainland are Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.
(Xinhua 01/25/01)
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