BEIJING: The beer flowed, acrobats flipped and traditional Chinese instruments sang out as Beijing tried to boost its SARS-battered tourism industry with a bash for foreign visitors at the Great Hall of the People.
More than 500 tourists from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea were treated to a banquet and show on Friday a week after the World Health Organisation lifted a travel advisory on Beijing that had devastated the Chinese capital's economy.
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