The number of Chinese outbound tourists has decreased, the global loss is 130 billion US dollars, foreign media: Chinese's money is becoming more and more difficult to earn!
Recently, Bloomberg published an article titled "China's flight cuts cause global tourism losses of $130 billion", which blames China for the global tourism economic downturn. The article also complained that the number of outbound tourists in China has plummeted, and it is becoming more and more difficult for Chinese to earn money.
As soon as this article came out, countless flies came to take taste. Based on this article, some economic experts in the United States have deduced that China's economy is declining and that ordinary people can no longer afford to travel abroad. After that, it's the old saying, China is going to "collapse" again!
In fact, the West should not blame us for the blame, they should find the reason from themselves.
Chinese don't go out to travel, that's because there is really nothing to play abroad, except for experiencing exotic customs, I really can't see any cost performance.
In the past, when we traveled abroad, we had certain illusions about the free world in the West, and now it seems that it is just like that. Last year, the popular "electronic pet" culture on the Internet in China made many people who have never been abroad realize what the Western world is really like.
In the United States, we don't need to say more, gun violence, drugs, and 0 yuan purchases are commonplace. Let's talk about Paris, France, the "romantic capital", friends who have been to Paris know that there is a strike fireworks display every three or five days, and the police and the masses "fight" together. You can also see open defecation addicts on the streets, and the smell of urine in the Paris subway is permeating, and I don't know if it's a human or a mouse.
There are estimated tens of thousands of pickpockets in Paris, and they take out their mobile phones to make a **, and the next second they will become someone else's, and the security environment is very poor. Ordinary Chinese come to such a place once, and they don't want to come a second time.
In addition, the tipping culture in the West is unbearable.
In August 2023, the French newspaper Nice revealed a ridiculous incident: a wealthy Italian was violently abused after dining at a restaurant in France for not meeting the waiter's expectations.
According to reports, after dining at the restaurant, the rich man gave a tip of 500 euros, which is equivalent to nearly 4,000 yuan, according to his understanding. Whether in China or Europe, such a tip amount is undoubtedly quite substantial.
However, in the eyes of the waiter, the rich man's tip fell far short of their expectations. Locally, the usual service charge is 20% of the bill, which means that the waiter expects a tip of more than 1,000 euros.
While it is common practice in many countries to provide quality service and take tips, the waitress behaved in a way that was clearly excessive, not only did she speak ill of customers over the tip, but she also chased her all the way to the parking lot to continue the abuse.
Even authentic Italian Roman foreigners were slaughtered, and it was natural for them to be asked for huge tips as Chinese when they went abroad to play.
Because of the epidemic, many foreign service industries can't support it, so they are forced to raise the proportion of tips, and some restaurants in the United States can tip up to 50%, spend $200 on a meal, and pay more than 300 yuan in tips, note that this is mandatory.
There are many foreigners on the Internet who can't stand it and call for the abolition of tipping culture. It's unbearable for their own people, let alone the Chinese.
The poor security environment abroad is also an important factor for Chinese not to travel abroad. No one wants to walk down the street and get a headshot, or be smoked by a smoke bomb thrown by a parade. The current mood of the low-level people in Europe and the United States is very unstable, the economic downturn, the energy crisis, unemployment, and inflation have made people's emotions explode at a moment, and after the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in 2023, there will be another place to intensify.
In late June 2023, a man in Algeria was killed at the gunfire of French police, an incident that quickly ignited the wrath of local minorities. Within a few days, the anger quickly spread throughout France, turning into a massive riot. In the chaos, many lawbreakers took advantage of this opportunity to frantically smash up shops, causing harm to innocent people.
Because the incident came so suddenly, many tourists did not realize the danger they faced by the climax of the riots. On June 30, a bus carrying 41 Chinese tourists was attacked in Marseille, France, and in the chaos, 5 innocent Chinese tourists were injured by thrown stones.
Only half a month has passed, and a similar tragedy has been staged in the United States. On July 14, 2023, a Chinese woman went to the United States to meet with netizens, however, a week later, she lost contact with the outside world. It wasn't until mid-October that the United States** found her and the bodies of male netizens in the Gobi Desert.
These two incidents once again remind us of the need to be vigilant and ensure personal safety when traveling overseas.
These two incidents are a wake-up call to international travel safety, which would be of great concern if it happened in China, but it didn't make headlines abroad.
Finally, in recent years, China's local ** in the tourism industry has continued to exert force, and the post-90s and post-00s generation has slowly become the main consumer force, cultural self-confidence has been established in this generation, the motherland's great rivers and mountains are enough for us to play, French romance, American freedom We are tired of watching and listening.
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