41.   China hit back Sunday at critics of its massive Three Gorges dam, defending the project which critics claim will bring about an environmental disaster and destroy local tourism.

42.   Charlet said that measurements taken during last year reflected the peculiarities of the mountain area in concentrating pollution, which threatened both health and the local tourism industry.

43.   The United Evening News said foreign tourists here refused to eat pork products, and local operators were monitoring whether the disease will impact the local inbound tourism market.

44.   Local tourism industry officials said while the chance of a war were remote, their trade could fall victim to war-mongering and rumours.

45.   Local tourism officials estimate the region will lose six million dollars a day in visitor revenues.

46.   The government, he said, was taking measures to boost the local tourism industry to attract longer-staying tourists who could spend more.