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French Foreign Ministry spokesman 16, again the so-called "directed against the Chinese authorities went to France Travel "In a speech hoped that China" really and truly "honor its pledge to maintain a good tourist and France Cooperation .
This is the 3rd he issued a similar appeal. French "Le Monde" reported on the 16th, the French side to take the attitude that a little impatient, because aware of the problem.
Chinese tourists to France drop 70% 16
AFP reported last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that had participated in international conference on Afghanistan in Paris, and met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who as the so-called "tourist boycott" issue made representations.
An AFP data show that in June this year, Chinese tourists went to France last year fell as much as 70%. "Le Monde" reported that, even if, as some rumors said, the Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau had ordered "not to organize tour to France" in oral instructions, but there is no evidence that Chinese cities outside Beijing such restrictions exist. Clearly, the French had endless longing eyes of Chinese tourists, this time in France and Paris have been "unwelcome." Articles that since the Paris torch relay controversy, the law in the "Tibet issue" differences, and whether Sarkozy's position at the Beijing Olympics, has angered many Chinese people, so that they have previously lost on the French good will and vision, this is the Chinese people travel to France the most fundamental reason for the decline.
Published the same day, "Le Parisien newspaper," showed a certain optimism, in a report in the newspaper, on the one hand recognize the Sino-French relations "appear cool," their rapid loss of goodwill between the people and had a series of storms and the occurrence of these disturbances on the Internet is closely related to the rapid spread; but the other authors that do not have to "fuss" because "after all, needs Beijing's cooperation in Paris," the data being dropped nothing, from the the long term, the prospects for tourism exchange between China and France can still optimistic.
A lot of deserted Paris Reporters last Saturday to accompany a friend to the Eiffel tower, last Sunday to the Notre Dame and the Champs Elysees. In the Eiffel Tower, the reporter did not see a Chinese tourists. In the past, line up almost half of denta Chinese dialects can be heard throughout China. At Notre Dame and the Champs Elysees saw only a few Chinese, or diverted from other European countries come. This situation, the reporter saw the first time, Chinese tourists seemed to have disappeared from Paris, Paris also seemed deserted lot.
At a time when the European Tour season, but the reception in France, China, tour guides are feelings that decrease the workload of many. A special reception of Chinese official tour guide told reporters that China accounts for official business travel to France the proportion of tourism has been high, but suddenly, public tours have fallen significantly. A guide to Paris from Germany, said Germany? France travel could have been a very popular tourist route, but some of the recent China Travel Tell visitors, German line reservation, but canceled the route in France to German-French border not to enter France. It is said that move and blocked the Olympic flame in Paris, not unrelated.
Paris Universal Travel Agency is to receive the Chinese public tours one of the leading travel agencies. Miss Wang Jun, general manager of the travel agency in an interview, said that the travel agency about hospitality 34 10 month tours, since May this year, 80% of the tour groups canceled the order. Wang Jun said that the main reason to cancel the order because of the Sichuan earthquake, national crisis, the urgent earthquake relief work, and many local government canceled plans to visit abroad. Forecast over the next few months the situation, Wang Jun, the impact of the earthquake that will continue, but because Beijing Olympic Games, international air ticket price increases, coupled with events of local governments to focus on the Olympics, will also affect the number of tourists coming law.
Sino-French relations are at a delicate moment
France is the world's largest tourist destination, receiving foreign visitors each year about 80 million people. In recent years, Chinese tourists travel to France has been in a rising state of 70 million people each year. Rising purchasing power of Chinese tourists also increased by the French tourism "coveted." For their own economic interests, the French government and related industries in China are rather sharp drop in visitors to France tense.
In Paris that China's tourism industry, China's current tour to France is in a delicate and difficult time. For the Sichuan earthquake and the Olympics, the impact, they expressed understanding that such impact is unavoidable and temporary. The rumors of a "boycott of French tourist" approach, one has received the "Golden Microphone" award in the senior tour guide said that this is actually a radical approach. At present, China is an open, economic and personnel exchanges frequent society. Each step has a reaction. And an ethnic Chinese in France said that France is currently a lack of long-term strategic vision of statesmen, politicians only see the short-term interests of the elections, which led to the Chinese tourists, "resist storm."
In the Sarkozy initiative, France will be 18, 19, the National Tourism Conference held two days. The reporter learned that received invitations, the meeting will launch the latest French tourism development strategy, "mobilize all forces, so that tourism has become a national cause." By then, Chinese tourists this "boycott" storm will be meeting around a topic is not open. As a Chinese diplomat in France said that France should "adopt more useful measures", I am afraid the only way plus some patience and time, it helped to quench the Chinese tourists travel to France to re- to pick up a little.
