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外文原文 1 Economy Hotel Development Trends in Mainland China ( By Li Chen and Fiona Fang, Jan 15, 2008 ) Demand for Economy Hotels in Mainland China China has e an important tourism destination in Asia and the fifth-largest tourism country in the world (measured in number of international tourist arrivals). [1] The inflow of foreign tourists runs beside a strengthening stream of domestic tourists, whose numbers reached nearly billion in2006. Domestic tourism alone generated US$ billion in 2006, nearly times the revenue of2000. Source: China National Tourism Administration A steady rise in the personal e of Chinese workers serves asa resource for leisure travel and the development of China ’s tourism industry. Time is the other key resource, and the five-day-per-week work scheme instituted in1995, followed bya holiday long-vacation scheme in1999, has given travelers the leisure time to spend their broadening es on hotels and attractions. International tourism to China has increased exponentially along with the country ’s remarkable economic development, which has e more and more apparent to the eyes of the world. China ’s dynamic economy, whose Gross Domestic Product was 外文原文 2 estimated at$ trillion in2006, [2] also stimulates more business (hereafter “ commercial ”)travel. New and improved infrastructure — roads, railways, and airlines — have literally paved the