Non-referenced Node being processed

When I process the XML with the XSL given below I get an output of 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
1
<REQUEST>
    <MAX_RESP_COUNT>041</MAX_RESP_COUNT>
    <TICKET>3</TICKET>
    <DEP_CITY_CODE>JFK</DEP_CITY_CODE>
</REQUEST>


Can somebody please tell me why do I get the extra "1" Immediately before
the REQUEST node. and how do I get rid of it?
(This arises from the node TOUR_COUNT in the original XML.) 
I get the same result with both XML Spy and Microsoft .NET's XSL Transform
Class.

 
<!--XSL File-->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:template match="AVAILABILITYFARE_REQUEST/TOURDETAILS/TOUR">
  <REQUEST>
   <MAX_RESP_COUNT>041</MAX_RESP_COUNT>
   <TICKET>
    <xsl:value-of select="TRIP/NUM_TICKETS"/>
   </TICKET>
   <DEP_CITY_CODE>
    <xsl:value-of select="ORIGIN/DEP_CITY_CODE"/>
   </DEP_CITY_CODE>
 </REQUEST>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

<!--XML File-->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AVAILABILITYFARE_REQUEST>
 <TOURDETAILS>
  <TOUR_COUNT>1</TOUR_COUNT>
  <TOUR>
   <ORIGIN>
    <DEP_AIRPORT_COUNT/>
    <DEP_CITY_CODE>JFK</DEP_CITY_CODE>
    <DEP_TIME>0800</DEP_TIME>
    <DEP_DAY>01</DEP_DAY>
    <DEP_MONTH>JAN</DEP_MONTH>
    <DEP_YEAR>2003</DEP_YEAR>
   </ORIGIN>
   <TRIP>
    <NUM_TICKETS>3</NUM_TICKETS>
    <PASSENGER>
     </PASSENGER>
    </TRIP>
   </TOUR>
 </TOURDETAILS>
</AVAILABILITYFARE_REQUEST>


~Cheers!
Santosh S N 

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