The Wales Office insists that flying Mr Jones back to London - and then back out to the Far East - didn't cost the taxpayer a penny.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Just as well for Tony Blair on his tour of the Far East that British newspapers aren't landing on his breakfast table.

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"We don't know what the likely tourism numbers will be from the Far East in the coming decades, " he added.

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