Back then there was one hotel in the capital Beijing, foreigners were allowed to stay. If foreigners missing western goods were Friendlies business the only store in town that they could go to.
Today, foreigners can freely stay at all hotels in Beijing, and luxury hotels like Hilton and Fairmont characterizes the streets along with a myriad of cheaper tourist class hotels. Western goods are to be found anywhere in Beijing, either in cheap generic forms or expensive, genuine versions.
It is only in recent years that has really taken off in the Chinese tourism industry. Before the economic opening of China in the late 1970s the country was completely closed to the outside world. For most tourists, it was impossible to travel to China unless they belonged to a friendly association that China officially recognized.
Today urges the Chinese government foreign tourists to come to the country. Tourist attractions have almost always an English translation, although the translation at times can be quite bad.
Public transport in Beijing and Shanghai provide English-language service. Angliseringen of the cityscape happened shortly before the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the World Expo in Shanghai 2010.Herudover had foreign tourists earlier pay more money to get to the tourist attractions. This practice has stopped, although street vendors often stop foreigners in the hope that the rich tourist will buy water, ice chips, or more than twice as much as it costs in stores.
These initiatives are helping to make life easier for the tourists, who may in the future be more willing to visit China. It gives money to the tourist industry, and perhaps more importantly, Foreign tourism can help to show a picture of China that not only are human rights abuses and repression of ethnic minorities.
The Chinese government is not blind to this. Along with foreign PR companies, the government has in recent years been keen to invite the foreign press corps on tours in China with all expenses paid. The past two months there have been three such invitations from Chinese tourism authorities to foreign correspondents in China.
However, it is not always easy to influence people's attitudes to a country just because they take a few weeks vacation to the country.
It says Karen Risager, professor in the Department of Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University.
Tourists are not the same, and they also come with different assumptions. A tourist who is focused on Chinese culture, will also focus on Chinese culture during their visit. As a tourist you move usually within a very limited part of society, both socially and geographically, says Karen Risager.
When a tourist has the money, it's hard to get more into what kind of a life, as the local people live. If you just think China's major cities, you get a distorted picture of the country.
Tourism has also left its mark on China. In a clothes market in Sanlitun, Beijing's most popular bar district, talking shop assistants far better English than most other Chinese. For they are accustomed to bargain with the Americans, Russians and Indians. But you should anyway be careful not to overestimate how much tourism can influence a country like China.
You see in Denmark, so characterizes international tourism to the country is not in violent degree our view of the world. Tourists will probably meet a variety of Chinese, but it is often a relatively superficial contact, says Karen Risager.
At the same time distinguishes people from China as a cultural country and China as a political power. It seems that the Chinese would like to promote an understanding of the world of China as a country with a rich cultural history. We see, among other things, as they open new museums and embarks with several archaeological sites.
According to the UN Tourism Organization, UNWTO, there were 55.7 million people from around the world who went to China on tourist stays in 2010, making China the world's third most popular destination for international tourists after France and the United States.
Tourism to China, however, unlike France rapidly growing. While France saw zero growth in the number of international tourists to the country, the number of international tourists to China by 9.4 percent from 50.9 million tourists to 55.7 million.
We are seeing a growing interest in traveling to China. We also see that people who have traveled in China, really want to go again, telling Line Danvad, Sales and Development Manager at FDM Travel, which has sold trips to China since 2006.
We see that many people choose to go to Beijing on a city break, while they get a variety of cultural experiences. China is not just the first place people choose if they want to beach holidays.
It is somewhat doubtful whether the increase in tourism comes mainly from Western tourists, or the figures reflects the fact that there are more tourists from the rest of Asia to China. According to the Chinese market research company Dete are the largest group of tourists from South Korea, followed by Japan and Russia. United States comes in at fourth place with just over two million tourists to China in 2010.
After all, what I see in the industry, the influx of foreign tourists from Western countries in decline. There will be many new tourists from Iran, Thailand, India and other neighboring countries. In this sense, enjoying Chinese Tourism enough from the growth around them, says Anders Elleman Kristensen, country manager in China for Albatros Travel.
from : http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk
Today, foreigners can freely stay at all hotels in Beijing, and luxury hotels like Hilton and Fairmont characterizes the streets along with a myriad of cheaper tourist class hotels. Western goods are to be found anywhere in Beijing, either in cheap generic forms or expensive, genuine versions.
It is only in recent years that has really taken off in the Chinese tourism industry. Before the economic opening of China in the late 1970s the country was completely closed to the outside world. For most tourists, it was impossible to travel to China unless they belonged to a friendly association that China officially recognized.
Today urges the Chinese government foreign tourists to come to the country. Tourist attractions have almost always an English translation, although the translation at times can be quite bad.
Public transport in Beijing and Shanghai provide English-language service. Angliseringen of the cityscape happened shortly before the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the World Expo in Shanghai 2010.Herudover had foreign tourists earlier pay more money to get to the tourist attractions. This practice has stopped, although street vendors often stop foreigners in the hope that the rich tourist will buy water, ice chips, or more than twice as much as it costs in stores.
These initiatives are helping to make life easier for the tourists, who may in the future be more willing to visit China. It gives money to the tourist industry, and perhaps more importantly, Foreign tourism can help to show a picture of China that not only are human rights abuses and repression of ethnic minorities.
The Chinese government is not blind to this. Along with foreign PR companies, the government has in recent years been keen to invite the foreign press corps on tours in China with all expenses paid. The past two months there have been three such invitations from Chinese tourism authorities to foreign correspondents in China.
However, it is not always easy to influence people's attitudes to a country just because they take a few weeks vacation to the country.
It says Karen Risager, professor in the Department of Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University.
Tourists are not the same, and they also come with different assumptions. A tourist who is focused on Chinese culture, will also focus on Chinese culture during their visit. As a tourist you move usually within a very limited part of society, both socially and geographically, says Karen Risager.
When a tourist has the money, it's hard to get more into what kind of a life, as the local people live. If you just think China's major cities, you get a distorted picture of the country.
Tourism has also left its mark on China. In a clothes market in Sanlitun, Beijing's most popular bar district, talking shop assistants far better English than most other Chinese. For they are accustomed to bargain with the Americans, Russians and Indians. But you should anyway be careful not to overestimate how much tourism can influence a country like China.
You see in Denmark, so characterizes international tourism to the country is not in violent degree our view of the world. Tourists will probably meet a variety of Chinese, but it is often a relatively superficial contact, says Karen Risager.
At the same time distinguishes people from China as a cultural country and China as a political power. It seems that the Chinese would like to promote an understanding of the world of China as a country with a rich cultural history. We see, among other things, as they open new museums and embarks with several archaeological sites.
According to the UN Tourism Organization, UNWTO, there were 55.7 million people from around the world who went to China on tourist stays in 2010, making China the world's third most popular destination for international tourists after France and the United States.
Tourism to China, however, unlike France rapidly growing. While France saw zero growth in the number of international tourists to the country, the number of international tourists to China by 9.4 percent from 50.9 million tourists to 55.7 million.
We are seeing a growing interest in traveling to China. We also see that people who have traveled in China, really want to go again, telling Line Danvad, Sales and Development Manager at FDM Travel, which has sold trips to China since 2006.
We see that many people choose to go to Beijing on a city break, while they get a variety of cultural experiences. China is not just the first place people choose if they want to beach holidays.
It is somewhat doubtful whether the increase in tourism comes mainly from Western tourists, or the figures reflects the fact that there are more tourists from the rest of Asia to China. According to the Chinese market research company Dete are the largest group of tourists from South Korea, followed by Japan and Russia. United States comes in at fourth place with just over two million tourists to China in 2010.
After all, what I see in the industry, the influx of foreign tourists from Western countries in decline. There will be many new tourists from Iran, Thailand, India and other neighboring countries. In this sense, enjoying Chinese Tourism enough from the growth around them, says Anders Elleman Kristensen, country manager in China for Albatros Travel.
from : http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk
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