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1. HK transport tops for tourists

HK transport tops for tourists A survey has shown Hong Kong's transport network and its Immigration Department are the top attractions of the city by tourists.

A survey was conducted as to visitors' attitudes towards Hong Kong. Coming out top were the transport network and the Immigration Department.

The two scored 799 and 76.7 points, respectively, out of 100 in a poll of 2,841 tourists conducted from May to August this year.

In terms of tourism satisfaction, the scores put transportation and immigration ahead of attractions, which notched up 73.9 points, shopping with 73.2 and hotels with 72.4.

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2. Great Wall's Mutianyu sectionmakes plans for more renovation

Foreign leaders with travel plans to scale the Great Wall might be excited about the Mutianyu section's plan to open up an additional 500 m next year.

"The main renovation and construction of the 502-m section is mostly complete now, but the monitoring system still needs to be installed," Yang Kaihuai, general manager of Mutianyu Great Wall Travel Service Corporate told Beijing Youth Daily on Monday.

3. Harbin Ice and Snow World opens to tourists

Harbin Ice and Snow World opens to tourists People visit an ice sculpture for the upcoming 26th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, December 24, 2009. The 26th Ice and Snow Festival will kick off on January 5, 2010.

4. All that glitters is gold

All that glitters is gold Longji Rice Terraces, hewn centuries ago from the mountain ridge by local ethnic groups, still form the backbone of local livelihoods in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Minority culture and splendiferous landscapes tempt increasing numbers of tourists to spend time vacationing in rural Guangxi, says Erik Nilsson.

5. Bird's Nest opens winter snow gala

All that glitters is gold The iconic showpiece Bird's Nest has kicked off a winter wonderland in its bid to deal with its post-Olympic economic difficulty.

The 57,000 sq m area offers a ski slope, ice rink, snow sculptures and snow mountain and scooters. A total of 5,000 seats in the south part of the stadium have been removed and built into a snow slope.

6. Macao logs nearly 370,000 tourist arrivals during Christmas

Macao recorded a total number of 368,615 tourist arrivals during this year's Christmas holidays, according to the figures released on Monday by the Immigration Department of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

The figures showed that the number of tourist arrivals for this year's Christmas holidays, lasting from Dec. 24 to 27, was 0.73 percent less than the same period of last year.

7. Beijing tourism revenue to reach $35 bln in 2009

Beijing is likely to report 240 billion yuan (35.1 billion U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue in 2009, up 8 percent from the previous year, a municipal tourism official said here Friday.

The growth came after 2 million free entrance tickets of major tourist sites were offered this year amid other measures to boost tourism, Gu Xiaoyuan, deputy director of the municipal tourism bureau, told a conference on Beijing tourism market.

8. China and Vietnam plan Tourism Cooperation Zone

China and Vietnam are planning to build a "China-Vietnam International Tourism Cooperation Zone" on the border of the two countries to attract more tourists from China, Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas.

9. Tomb of legendary general Cao Cao unearthed in Henan

Tomb of legendary general Cao Cao unearthed in Henan The tomb of Cao Cao (AD 155-220) about 2,000 years ago was unearthed in Xigaoxue village, Anyang City of central China's Henan Province, according to an announcement Dec. 27 by the Cultural Relic Bureau in Henan. Cao Cao was a famous warlord and politician who built the strong and prosperous Wei Kingdom during the Three Kingdom period (AD 208-280).