Heilongjiang Provincial Tourism Bureau says that the province's inbound tourist numbers increased dramatically in the first 6 months of this year, and nearly 80% of the inbound tourists are from Russia.<\/p>\n
In the first half of the year, Heilongjiang received 445,200 inbound tourists and achieved US$179 million income, which was an increase of 17.81% and 29.06%, respectively, compared with that of the same period of the previous year.<\/p>\n
Among that number, 353,600 tourists were from Russia, accounting for about 80% of the total, increasing by 16.86% this year from last year. Moreover, the number of Japanese and Korean tourists also increased by 27.33% and 35.77%, respectively.<\/p>\n
The domestic travel market was also very hot during this period. The province received 25.2 million domestic tourists in the period, up 13.46% compared with the same period of 2005, and achieved RMB15.1 billion in domestic tourism income.<\/p>\n
With such new travel elements as its traditional folk culture integrated into the tourism market, Heilongjiang which is known as a snow and ice destination, is hoping to also get tourists to the province during the summertime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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