During the Chinese New Year, fireworks were set off in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, compare:
First, the level of fireworks: Guangzhou won completely.
Guangzhou has not only fireworks, but also drones in Baietan. That dragon makes a great impression.
All Hong Kong has to do in Victoria Harbour is fireworks.
Second, the number of spectators: Hong Kong won completely.
There were 400,000 people in Hong Kong and only 100,000 in Guangzhou.
By the way, watching fireworks live and watching them on a TV screen is a world of difference.
Third, the economic benefits generated: Hong Kong won completely.
Hong Kong is open and publicizes it early, for fear that people will not come. As a result, there were 400,000 people, about half of whom were tourists, and each tourist spent an average of HK$2,000 even if they stayed overnight in Hong Kong.
Guangzhou is to make an appointment to go to the scene to see, the reservation of this thing is very unfriendly to tourists, I estimate that most of the people who can make an appointment are locals, you say that this is the pull of the economy, how much can the pull of tourism?
It can be seen that the management philosophy of the two places is different: Hong Kong is a capitalist society, efficiency is a priority, and how to organize how to get money quickly. And Guangzhou, the provincial capital city in the mainland, safety first, so make an appointment or something, and the economic benefits are put behind.
The result? Obviously, fireworks in Hong Kong can make a lot of money. In its new budget, it even proposed that once or twice a year fireworks are too few, and should be encrypted to once a month to attract more tourists to Hong Kong.
Our big Guangzhou, so that the citizens are happy during the Spring Festival, is not a waste of money.
I thought of another thing: the Ming Zheng He ocean-going fleet was far ahead at that time, and the largest treasure ship was more than 1,000 tons, and it went to the West seven times, just to promote the national prestige and collect a little tribute.
Columbus in Europe, just three sailing ships, did not exceed 200 tons. But the purpose was clear, to go out and find spices, to do **, and as a result, Europe harvested the entire world colonies and harvested the industrial revolution.
From the Spring Festival fireworks in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, I thought of this.