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November 19, 2004

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China's long standing (5 years and counting) Golden Week holidays may be abolished. These week long holidays, one around Labour Day and the other National Day, see the entire country literally shut down and masses either go on holidays or home. They were introduced to boost domestic consumption and tourism after the Asia crisis. The holiday results in huge pressures on the transport and tourism industries, as anyone who has toured China during those weeks can attest. It is a time of price gouging, crowded trains, full hotels and impossible to visit tourist spots.

They will be missed.

 posted by Simon on 11.19.04 at 10:06 AM in the




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