American gun violent crime "scare away" Chinese tourists

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" September 13th article, original topic: Survey shows that Chinese tourists have been discouraged in the United States due to the deterioration of the violence and bilateral relations between the United States and the deterioration of bilateral relations. The United States, one of the tourist destinations, has lost its popularity among the (China) interviewees.

The survey was carried out in August by the Morning Consultation headquarters in the United States in August to investigate thousands of representative adult samples. Among the interviewees intending to travel, the proportion of traveling that may be or may travel abroad will increase by 23 percentage points from April to July. But unlike before the epidemic is popular, the United States will no longer be a destination favored by Chinese tourists. The investigation report found that the concerns about the violent crime, including large -scale shooting, are "scaring away" the Chinese. This concern exceeds other potential obstacles, such as worrying about infection with new crown pneumonia, (tourism) costs, and the deterioration of US -China relations.

In the years before the outbreak, China's outbound tourism accounted for nearly 1/5 of the total international tourism expenditure. Mainland Chinese tourists are the third largest contribution group in the US international tourism industry. However, the survey found that compared with many other regions and countries, Chinese tourists have expressed their interest in traveling to the United States. For example, 54%of people expressed interested in traveling to Europe, and they were interested in traveling to the United States for only 35%.

The study stated that "most Chinese people are interested in traveling to the United States. The Chinese media reports violence in American guns, especially large -scale shooting events, and may help such concerns." Geopolitic risk analyst Scott · "Those who have seen, read, or heard the shooting of the state school in the state of the state, said, are far more likely to list violent crimes as not to the United States than others."

In the United States, ethnic minorities have become more and more targets of violent attacks. From 2020 to 2021, anti -Asian hatred crimes across the United States increased by 339%. Such criminal cases reported by traditional hot tourism destinations such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco have shown surge in. The latest research shows that from March 2020 to March 2022, a total of 11,500 related events were reported across the United States.

Moscow Vitz said in the latest survey above that only 43%of the Chinese interviewees who are interested in traveling to the United States are that anti -China prejudice is the main concern that they re -think of traveling to the United States. In contrast, 60%indicate that Violent crimes such as shooting are the main concerns of hesitation. The report asserts that "the flood of gun violence in the United States has not shown any signs of slowing down, so it will continue to lead to a discouraged tourist."

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