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CANBERRA， March 29 (Xinhua) -- Foreign and domestic tourists spent more than 75 billion U.S. dollars in Australia for the first time in 2016， the nation's trade minister said.


Trade Minister Steven Ciobo released the National Visitor Survey for 2016 on Wednesday， saying that on the back of 5.6 billion Australian dollars' (4.28 billion U.S. dollars) worth of growth， visitor expenditure exceeded 100 billion Australian dollars (76 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time.


While domestic tourists were still the biggest spenders， Ciobo said international tourists， such as those from China， were driving strong growth in international tourism expenditure.


""Today I release the National Visitor Survey for the year ending December 2016， which shows Australian visitors spent 61 billion Australian dollars (46.6 billion U.S. dollars)，"" Ciobo said in a statement on Wednesday.


""The recently released International Visitor Survey showed international visitors spent 39.1 billion Australian dollars (30 billion U.S. dollars) in the same 12 month period.""


Ciobo said enticing more visitors， not only from Australia but also from overseas nations， would ensure that tourism continues to play a major part in Australia's economy.


""This record spending is creating Australian jobs，"" Ciobo said.


""Tourism is a 120 billion Australian dollar (92 billion U.S. dollar) industry that employs around 1 in 12 Australians， so this growth in holiday spending means more jobs， more investment and more prosperity for all Australians， especially those in regional Australia， where 45 percent of tourist dollars are spent.""


""Over the past three years， every state and territory has seen double digit growth in visitor numbers and visitor nights， with the Northern Territory the standout performer.""


In Australia， the number of locals taking overnight trip for a holiday increased 6 percent to 37.1 million trips， while day trips were up 11 percent to 92.8 million.

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　　KAMPALA， April 7 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has maintained its lead as the top ranked nation in the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) at the latest ranking by the global football governing body.


　　Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) in its ranking on Thursday showed that Uganda dropped to 72 with 491 points， but still remained top in the Cecafa region.


　　The recent 1-0 loss and 0-0 draw with Burkina Faso in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers explain Uganda's drop.


　　"We shall continue to work very hard to qualify for Afcon despite the drop in the rankings，" said Uganda's coach Milutin Sredojevic.


　　Rwanda who reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) that it hosted is second in the Cecafa region and 87th in the world.


　　Kenya is third in Cecafa region， while Burundi and Ethiopia are fourth and fifth respectively.


　　The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) champions Cote d'Ivoire ranked 34th， while Algeria who reached the knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil remains the best ranked African country at number 33.


　　Argentina now tops the ranking with 1，532 points， while Belgium dropped to second place. World Cup holders Germany slipped by three places to fifth. Chile and Colombia are third and fourth respectively. Enditem

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Only 20 percent of cities in China met the air quality target in 2016 Courtland Sutton Jersey , an academician said on Tuesday at a seminar on low carbon development.


"According to the air quality standard enacted in 2016, only 20 percent of 338 cities in China reached the national standard. There is still a long way to go before most of the cities meet the standard," Hao Jiming, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at the seminar held in Beijing.


Chinese cities were required to reduce pollution in 2016, with the average density of PM 2.5 - fine particles that pose a health risk - in 338 cities falling by 6 percent, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.


The environment standard in China is equivalent to the first-stage guidelines of the World Health Organization, which is low by global standards, said Hao, adding that the green development is the way to prevent and control air pollution, and the challenge is to find the means for emissions reeducation.


Xu Shanda, former deputy director of the State Administration of Taxation, said at the meeting that China's law is inadequate in terms of penalties for violators. "There is a need to amend and improve some articles in Criminal Law and Civil Law," Xu said.


Severe smog triggered red alerts in more than 20 cities at the beginning of 2017. When authorities issue red alerts, some manufacturers are required to cut production, and high-emission vehicles are banned from the road, the Xinhua said.


China has a four-tier, color-coded warning system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.


China is aiming to reduce emissions by 10 percent from 2012 levels by 2017 in cities at the prefecture level and above. Meanwhile, the PM 2.5 density in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province should drop 25 percent, the Xinhua said.

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