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Hong Kong has ranked the world's seventh tourist attraction with over
21.8 million visitor arrivals in 2004, according to the statistics from
the World Tourism Organization.
The large number of tourists visiting Hong Kong
last year, which could be attributed
mainly to individual visitors from the Chinese mainland, has
made the city one of the world's 10 top tourist attractions, the Sing Tao
newspaper reported on Sunday.
The WTO statistics also show that China's mainland beats Italy, ranking
the fourth with over 41 million tourists arrivals. The Palace Museum and
the Great Wall in Beijing are more attractive to tourists than Italy's
Uffizi Gallery and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
France was still the hottest scenic place with 75 million tourist
arrivals last year, followed by Spain and the United States, the report
said.
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2005-05-23 11:23
