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China is furthering its status as Asia's largest outbound tourism market as 28.55 million people traveled abroad in the first 10 months of this year. In 2001, 12.13 million Chinese traveled overseas; the number will surge to 34 million by the end of this year, a China's top tourism official said. In the past five years, China has overtaken Japan to become the largest source of outbound travelers in Asia. Mainland travelers can now visit 130 countries, up from 16 in 2001.
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