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当国际流行文化遇上中国文艺游客 　　SEATTLE 西雅图 　　Over the past two years， Seattle―that rainy city in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. ―hasseen a 90% rise in visitor numbers from China， local officials say. 　　The reason： the huge popularity of the Chinese romantic comedy Finding Mr Right， in which a woman from mainland China travels to Seattle to give birth. Directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Tang Wei， the film has grossed more than $85 million in China since its release. （The movie’s Chinese title translates literally to Beijing meets Seattle.） 　　The city has attracted so many Chinese tourists that CCTV， China’s state broadcaster， sent a journalist to cover the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations and a series of stories about the Pacific Northwest region. 　　当地官员说，过去两年中，美国西北部多雨城市、太平洋沿岸的西雅图所迎接的中国游客数量骤增90%。 　　理由：叫好又叫座的中国浪漫喜剧片《北京遇上西雅图》讲述了中国大陆一名女子远赴西雅图生子的故事。这部由薛晓璐执导、汤唯主演的电影自上映以来在中国狂揽8，500多万美元票房。 　　鉴于《北京遇上西雅图》如此受热捧，中国中央电视台还专程派驻了一名记者报道西雅图的新年夜庆典活动以及一系列有关西雅图的故事。 　　SOUTH KOREA 韩国 　　During the past year， more than 4 million Chinese tourists have visited South Korea， a 53% spike from the previous year due to the country easing visa restrictions to allow for freer travel from China. 　　But Wolfgang Arlt， of Germany’s China Outbound Tourism Research Institute， says the popularity of Korean television series and movies have also influenced travelers. Popular series in China include The Heirs and Man from the Star which featured South Korean heartthrob Lee Minho and Kim Soo-hyum last year became a huge hit on Youku， the Chinese equivalent of YouTube. 　　去年，有超过400万名中国人赴韩国游玩，较上年同期增加了53%，原因是韩国放松了签证要求对中国游客自由行的限制。 　　不过，德国研究机构中国出境游研究所的Wolfgang Arlt说，韩剧、韩国电影的热播也起到了拉拢游客的作用。去年由韩星李敏镐主演的热门韩剧《继承者们》和金秀贤主演的《来自星星的你》在中国视频网站优酷网上人气爆棚。 　　MAURITIUS 毛里求斯 　　Thailand became a major destination for the Chinese in 2013， thanks in large part to the box-office hit Lost in Thailand， a buddy-comedy that smashed box office records. The tiny island country of Mauritius hopes it can similar buzz when the movie Five M