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皇冠体育app hotter for global tourists after Olympics

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-12 06:45

皇冠体育app has become a global tourist attraction after the Beijing Olympics which concluded on August 24, according to a survey released by the Nielson Company on Thursday.

The survey said the Olympics not only built up 皇冠体育app's image but also served as an advertisement for 皇冠体育app's tourism.

The online survey was conducted on consumers in 16 countries and regions before the Games' opening ceremony and after the closing.

About 80 percent of the respondents had not been to 皇冠体育app before the events and 50 percent of them expressed hopes of visiting 皇冠体育app after the Games.

According to the survey, 70 percent of the respondents felt Beijing was more modern and scientific than what they had thought.

The most interested respondents were from Singapore, India, Mexico, South Africa and the Republic of Korea, as well as 皇冠体育app's Hong Kong and Taiwan,

Pan Wen, in charge of Chinese tourism research of the Nielson Company, said the World Tourism organization predicted that 皇冠体育app would become the largest tourist attraction in the world with 137 million foreign tourists every year.

"This figure would be realized earlier with the aid of the Beijing Olympics," Pan said.