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Xiamen seen 15% rise in visitor numbers

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January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China

Xiamen, a coastal city of east China’s Fujian Province, attracted 25 million tourists from home and abroad last year, up 15.1 percent from 2008.   Read More

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