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Saturday April 28, 9:23 AMGolden Week exodus starts at Narita airport(Kyodo) _ A massive exodus of holidaymakers started at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Saturday, with its operator estimating some 727,000 people will go through the airport during Japan's Golden Week holiday season through May 6.According to a major travel agency, China is attracting many tourists from Japan as it enjoys a robust economy prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while Hong Kong and Macao are also popular destinations. Hiroko Morita, 35, from Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, said before departing for Greece with her family, "I'm planning cruising in the Aegean Sea and looking around monuments there." "This is our first family trip in a while, and I want to enjoy it," she said. |
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