A tour group from Australia enjoy a free feast at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the evening of July 4, 2003. The banquet welcomed 500 overseas tourists as part of the Beijing Tourism Bureau's measures to revive the city's tourism sector. The bureau will hold a feast every Friday for first 1,500 overseas tourists to visit Beijing after the World Health Organization removed the city from its list of SARS affected areas.[newsphoto.com.cn]

HK tourists pose for a photo before the Great Hall of the People.

Two HK children play in the Great Hall of the People as tourism enjoy their dinner.

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