Researchers have looked at tourist attractions from around the world to see how to best promote the wall and have talked to local people who will be affected by any decision.

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Besides its excellent food, unique attractions and unmatched joie de vivre, it is perhaps the best value of any major tourist city in the nation, with lodging, food and especially drink all for far less than you might expect.

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