若中国真的大，安全，方便，便宜，友好和独特，为何旅游业的发展低于世界平均水平？ [美国媒体]

If China is so big, accessible, diverse, safe, convenient, cheap, friendly, and unique, why is its tourism growth below the world average? It couldn't just be the language issue, look at how Japan's tourism skyrocketed in the past 5 years.

如果中国真的那么大，安全，方便，便宜，友好和独特，为什么其旅游业的发展低于世界平均水平？不可能仅仅是因为语言问题，看看日本吧，在过去的五年里旅游业飞速发展







James
Fri
Because Chinese people eats human beings. Don’t come to China.

因为中国人吃人。不要来中国。

Dylan
Sun
I think I can answer this question. China's tourist attractions are all overcrowded by domestic tourists. On National Day, there are 170 million people in China who travel, mostly in China. Therefore, they do not care how to attract foreign tourists



Chris Kirtley
Mon · 2 upvotes including Shane Thomas
Haha - read Yangshuo and checked the name. should have known it was you, Shane! I agree about China, though I would point out that Japan recently went visa-free for many countries (including Chinese) which explains their surge in tourism. Getting a China visa used to be easy and cheap for me in Brisbane, but now it's farmed out to a private company, who charge a lot more and won't give the 12 month visa I used to get. That's why I don't go anymore.

哈哈，看到阳朔，又看了你的名字，我本应该知道是你。我赞同你有关中国的观点，但是日本最近给很多国家提供免签证，包括给中国人，所以日本旅游业飞速发展了起来。以前，对于住在布里斯班的我来说，获得中国签证是很容易很便宜的，但是现在转让给了一家私人公司，导致费用高了很多，而且不再颁发12个月期限的签证了。所以我现在都不去中国了。

Shane Thomas
Mon · 1 upvote
I Go back to Yangshuo Feb 2019, visa wars again

我2019年2月会再去阳朔，又要经历签证之战了。

Chris Kirtley
Mon · 1 upvote
Yangshuo in February??? I once went in March and it was freezing! Better go to Dali or even Xishuangbanna mate!

2月份的阳朔？？？我之前三月份的时候去过，冷死了！还是去大理或者西双版纳吧。

Anna Bomby, Master Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2015)
Answered May 23
China’s tourism is held back by many factors (in comparison to Japan):
There is no Working holiday visa scheme in China. Removes a big opportunity to attract young people. Also a lot of internships require fluency in Mandarin or Cantonese, sometimes both.
There is properly no English-friendly scheme in China. Except in Beijing, Shanghai, and other big cities, you’ll face a huge barrier in every aspect of your stay. It’s properly difficult to order food, get hospitalized and even ask directions.
People in China are VERY curious of foreigners, even in big cities. You’re white, black, blond, red-haired, just looking slightly different will attract attention to you. Some people don’t like it.
People can seem to be rude compared to Japan. It’s cultural, but they speak loudly, walk in large groups and wouldn’t mind taking pictures of you without your consent.
It’s SEEN AS less safe. It probably is, as Japan is one of the safest countries in the world for tourists, however people have this idea of China as a wild, hostile country. In reality, it’s very safe, and I was less scared walking at night in China than in my home country…
Some people have no idea about the level of development in China. They see it as a third-world country, very poor and communist. They think of Japan as one of the highest countries in term of development.
It’s extremely long to visit China. I mean, it’s a huge country that you can’t properly enjoy unless you spend a month or more. Japan is smaller and hence you don’t require as much time to travel from one place to the other.
Getting a visa for China is difficult, as it requires a dozen papers. For almost everyone. To give you a comparison, there are 66 countries that benefit from visa exemption in Japan, versus 15 for China. (Visa policy of China - Wikipedia & Visa policy of Japan - Wikipedia) And almost none of those 15 countries are among the countries who see a lot of tourists going abroad.
Visiting China can sometimes be frustrating, especially if you go during popular times. Have you ever tried visiting a place with around 1 million people around?



获得中国签证是很难的，要填几十张表格。几乎所有人都逃不过这个命运。举个例子，日本给66个国家提供免签，中国只有15个。而且这15个国家里没有多少游客出国游玩。
去中国旅游有时候令人懊恼，特别是在节假日的时候。你去过一个拥有100万游客的地方旅游过吗？