Tourists visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing

Few tourists visit the newly-renovated Temple of Heaven, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the lead up to China's Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 29, 2014. China's capital witnessed an unexpected sharp drop in inbound tourism in 2013, as tourism officials looked to ways to reverse the trend. A commission blamed a weak global economy and a strong yuan, as well as Beijing's ongoing hazardous pollution problems. UPI/Stephen Shaver