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 Sri Lanka

A tourist walks along the empty Hikkaduwa beach, past a palm tree bent
over from the tsunami June 26, 2005 in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka,
which depends on its income from tourism, hopes to increase their
number of tourists to its popular southern coast after the December 2004
tsunami.
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Tourists gather on the Hong Kong peak, the city's number one tourist
destination, to admire the skyline, 31 May 2005. The Hong Kong Tourism
Board plans to put 440 million Hong Kong dollars ($56.4 million USD) for
tourism promotion in the coming two years. The city's tourism potential is
also expected to shoot up when it becomes home to the latest Disneyland
venture, which opens September 12th.
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Oarsmen in happi coats pull a good oar to shoot the rapids as tourists
enjoy a log rafting in the Kitayama River Tuesday, May 3, 2005 in
Kitayama, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan. People buckled with life
vests need to stand all the six-kilometer (3.75 miles) ride that lasts one
hour and 10 minutes. The secluded village historically famous for
transporting high quality timbers without damaging them offers the
seasonal thrill to visitors until the end of September.
 Thailand

A boat is buoyed on Patong Beach as the sun sets in the resort island of
Phuket on March 29, 2005.
 South Korea

A tourist in Changdok Palace Courtyard in Seoul, South Korea. The

landscape that surrounds the palace is referred to in English as the Secret
Garden. The Palace and the Secret Garden occupy 110 acres
 China

Tourists walk on a part of the Huanghuacheng section of China's Great Wall which was
recently renovated northwest of Chengguan town April 21, 2005. Beijing began a
second phase of a project to repair a 12.4 kilometers (7.7 miles) section of the Great
Wall in a suburban area.
 Shanghai, China

A tourist looks into the cloudy sky at the Waterfront Bund August 6, 2005
in Shanghai, China.
 Tibet

Tourists crowd a plaza at an under renovation Potala Palace in central

Lhasa, August 3, 2005 in Tibet. Lhasa's most imposing attraction, built
during the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama in 1645, was once the seat of
Tibetan government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas
 Vietnam

Women on bicycles make their way along a section of the newly built Ho Chi Minh highway April
24, 2005, near Vinh, Vietnam. Today, many sections of the trail that supplied the war efforts of
the North against the South have been reclaimed by tropical growth, but a main artery has now
become the Ho Chi Minh National Highway. The more than 1,200 kilometers, (745 miles)
stretches from the gates of Hanoi to the former capital of South Vietnam known as Saigon.
 Singapore

Tourists look at fish at Singapore's underwater world Thursday, April 14,

2005 in Singapore.
 Taj Mahal
Agra, India

The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, the son of
Jahangir, as a mausoleum for his Persian wife, Arjumand Banu Begum, also known
as Mumtaz-ul-Zamani or Mumtaz Mahal. It took 23 years to complete (1630 - 1653)
and is a masterpiece of Mughal architecture.
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