CCTV News: During this May Day holiday, foreign tourists also gained an unforgettable travel experience in China. The convenience of entry and exit continues to improve, cross-border mobile payments continue to iterate, and the "buy and refund" of departure tax refunds are promoted nationwide. During this holiday, orders in China's inbound tourism market have surged, and the potential of inbound tourism continues to be released.
Data shows that during this year's May Day holiday, the inbound travel orders in Wuhan increased by 70% year-on-year, leading the central region. On the Yangtze River Glory Cruise, tourist groups from the Bahamas, Kenya, Egypt and other places cheered loudly and held a grand bridge crossing ceremony. This is the newly upgraded Yangtze River night tour event in Wuhan this year's May Day - the "Yangtze River Deck Sound Party". Above the Yangtze River, 11 cruise ships are linked to customize the Yangtze River light show. The newly upgraded immersive night tour experience allows foreign tourists to keep checking in and taking photos.
"Buy, buy, buy, buy" has also become a dazzling label for this year's "May Day" inbound travel. At the China-Europe Express imported goods bonded shop at Nanchang West Station, a wide range of "global good things" are neatly placed on the shelves. Relying on the efficient logistics network built by "global direct procurement" and China-Europe freight trains, foreign tourists can enjoy the convenient service of "one-click purchase + direct logistics". Even if the itinerary is in a hurry, they can easily mail home the goods they like, forming a unique memory of "China Travel". Experts said that the inbound tourism market has a very broad growth space. Developed countries such as Italy and France and world-renowned tourist destinations account for about 2% of the total GDP, Japan reaches about 1.3%, and China's inbound tourism revenue accounts for about 0.5% of GDP. According to international research institutions, China's inbound tourism market will grow by 4 to 8 times in the next ten years.
Inbound travel is very popular. What is it like to take foreigners to travel to China?
During the May Day holiday, the popularity of inbound travel has continued to rise, and there are many foreign tourists everywhere. In the hot Chinese travel boom, foreign language tour guides have a deep feeling. They use their professionalism and enthusiasm to vividly tell Chinese culture to foreign tourists. What is it like to take foreigners to travel to China? Let's go and have a look together.
Yao Haijian is 48 years old this year and has been in the industry for 23 years. As inbound travel continues to heat up, as an English-speaking tour guide, his feelings are the most intuitive.
The Forbidden City’s elaboration is Yao Haijian’s “golden signboard”. Every time he would bring a map of the Forbidden City to foreign tourists to introduce the historical context and overall layout of the Forbidden City. From dynasty iterations and architectural styles to the color matching of bricks and tile, and the special meaning behind it, he can always accurately grasp the curiosity of foreign tourists and tell tourists about the traditional Chinese history and culture in a way that is convenient for foreign tourists to understand.
Since 2018, he has filmed daily tour guide work as a cultural and tourism blogger, which has attracted more than 800,000 fans at home and abroad. Many foreign tourists make appointments to explain directly through social platforms. In order to meet the personalized needs of different groups, Yao Haijian has been optimizing the explanation content and route.
Yao Haijian has counted that about 80% of the foreign tourists he has contacted in the past year have come to China for the first time, and they are curious about everything in China. He read a large amount of historical materials and books for this purpose, and accumulated more than 80,000 words of explanation. He hopes to open a window for foreign tourists who want to know China in a limited time.
