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BEIJING, Oct. 8-- Tourism has been booming in China during the National Day holiday, benefiting the economy of China and many other countries, official data on Sunday showed. One of China's two Golden Weeks, the National Day holiday saw a surge in tourist revenue along with passenger flows. This year the holiday was extended by one day as the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Cake Festival, fell on Oct.4. A total of 705 million tourists traveled around the country during the holiday, generating 583.6 billion yuan (about 87.7 billion U.S. dollars) of revenue, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said. The two figures represented increase of 11.9 percent and 13.9 percent year on year respectively, the CNTA said. | 
