Pictures: Tourists mob the Great Wall of China

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Tourist attractions are being completely overwhelmed by huge crowds making the most of the eight-day Chinese national holiday.

And when we say huge crowds, we mean, ooh, just 362 million people or so.

That's the number of Chinese people believed to be on the move during the extended national break this week, according to estimates from the Chinese Tourism Academy.

The decision to waive highway tolls has brought many tourists attractions to a virtual standstill.

These pictures show the Badaling Great Wall, the most visited section, approximately 50 miles northwest of Beijing.

And we thought our bank holiday logjams were bad...

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