Chinese travellers queue at the departure area of Beijing International Airport February 16, 2007. As incomes rise, China's swelling ranks of cashed-up pleasure-seekers have taken to overseas travel with gusto. The number of overseas trips has soared over the past decade, with some 35 million trips in 2006 compared to 620,000 trips in 1990, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. With the average disposable income rising and the yuan steadily gaining against the U.S. dollar, more Chinese can now afford to travel abroad. [Reuters]

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