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Mickey Mouse boosting China's gloomy economy
The Magic Kingdom's pre-opening already attracts 1 million visitors to its public areas
Published Mon, May 30, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Shanghai
CHINA'S slowing economy isn't putting the brakes on tourism.
Shanghai Disneyland attracted almost 1 million visitors to its public areas weeks before the US$5.5 billion theme park officially opens June 16. And tourism spending is likely to triple by 2020 after industry investment jumped 42 per cent last year, the government says.
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