Tourism firms target Chinese

GUANGZHOU: Foreign travel agencies who have pinned their hopes on Chinese tourists lifting the flagging holiday market flocked to a major trade fair in the city yesterday.

The four-day Guangzhou International Travel Fair has attracted more than 200 firms and tourism authorities from 40 countries all looking to boost business during the economic slowdown, organizers said.

Although smaller in size this year, it has already proven the city's most popular travel fair so far, with the United States for the first time sending a delegation.