 1st official Chinese tour group in US
[ 2008-06-20 17:10 ]
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| Tourists from China are reflected in the window as they step aboard their cruise boat for an evening on the Potomac River in Washington June 19, 2008. The group was the first official Chinese tour group to the United States under a new bilateral travel agreement with the United States government. A negotiated deal under which Beijing agreed to permit group tourism to the United States and allow US tourist destinations to market themselves in China is expected by 2011 to double to 600,000 the number of annual visitors from China to the United States, according to industry and government forecasts. (Agencies) |
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