Early Spring 2024 Japan Yuno 11:
Japan travel back more patriotic
A few days ago, my relatives and I went on a trip to Japan, and when I came back, my relatives and friends would ask, "How do you feel about your trip to Japan?" I told them bluntly, "I am more patriotic when I return from my trip to Japan!" There are two reasons for this:
1: Japan is not as beautiful as it seems
My in-law and I took a plane from Xi'an Xianyang Airport to Japan at about 13 o'clock in the afternoon on March 27, and at about 17 o'clock in the afternoon, the plane announced on the radio that the plane was about to arrive at Narita Airport in Japan. When I heard the announcement, I hurriedly looked down from the window, and I could see the buildings, roads, and cars below, and when I reached the ground, I was already in front of the outline of Narita City, and when I saw Japan for the first time, I felt that it was not as bustling as I thought.
After the plane landed at the airport, I didn't feel anything special, and the terminal was not as spectacular as the terminal of Xi'an Airport. To be honest, when I saw the real Japan, I felt that it was still a bit far from what I had imagined. In the next few days, I went to Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Kamakura and other Honshu areas, and I felt that the city was not particularly beautiful, and to be honest, some of them were not as good as domestic cities. According to the senior tour guide of this tour group, the appearance of Japanese cities seen by tourists is built in the 70s of the last century, and most of the domestic urban buildings are formed in the past 30 years, so they are more fashionable than domestic urban construction.
2: Places of interest and historic sites are not as good as in China
Traveling abroad is a novelty, and the experience is a different culture. The first few days of my trip to Japan feel fresh, but after a few days of sightseeing, it becomes a bit boring. Frankly, when I visited Japan, I didn't really feel anything special about the sights and monuments except for Mt. Fuji, the Shonan Coast, and the Kamakura Great Buddha. Taking Osaka, the ancient capital of Japan, as an example, it has a history of only more than 1,400 years, while Xi'an, the mainland, has a history of more than 3,000 years and a history of more than 1,100 years, and thirteen dynasties have built their capitals here.
In addition, there are more than 10 ancient historical cities in the mainland, in addition to Xi'an, there are Luoyang, the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Beijing and other cities have thousands of years of glorious history. Moreover, the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, the Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu, the Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Shaanxi, the Potala Palace in Tibet, the Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan, etc., and so on, are only a very small part of the Chinese scenic spots, and more scenic spots and historic sites are all over the country, and there are countless of them. Perhaps because there are so many places of interest in Japan, it is not surprising that you should visit them in Japan.
3: The mainland has broad prospects for tourism development
During my stay in Japan, I found that there were many foreign tourists, and there were many foreign tourists in hotels and tourist spots. I can't say that I am a tourist from those countries, but there are not only European tourists but also Asian tourists in terms of appearance. The tour group I reported departed from Xi'an, and most of the tourists in the group were Shaanxi tourists. Several Xi'an tourists lamented that there were a lot of foreign tourists in Xi'an in previous years, but in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer tourists. Lao Zhang, a tourist expert in Xi'an, said that in fact, not only Xi'an, but also from big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, there are not many foreign tourists. I wonder why there are not many foreign tourists?
People on the earth know that tourism is a sunshine industry, its prosperity can drive many industries, and can play a role in promoting employment and economic development, to promote exchanges between people, mutual learning and improvement also have a certain significance. According to the analysis of the Xi'an tourists in the group, the main reason for the lack of foreign tourists in Xi'an in recent years is due to environmental reasons, and the increase in sandstorms has caused the sky to be gray from time to time.
In this regard, I specially consulted the senior female tour guide in the group. She came to Japan more than 10 years ago to attend university, and stayed in Japan to work after graduation. Since she is fluent in Chinese and Japanese, it is easy for her to find a job as a travel agency tour guide in Japan, and she has been working as a tour guide for nearly 10 years now. I am very aware of the current situation of domestic tourism and Japanese tourism. She said that in terms of tourism resources, China can be called first-class, and few countries in the world are comparable to China, but the decline in foreign tourists in recent years is worth reflecting on. From a professional point of view, she analyzes that tourists travel abroad to enjoy, appreciate the places of interest in foreign countries, and experience the unique culture and customs of other countries.
But the premise is that the air is good and the environment is beautiful, but frankly speaking, due to various reasons, these are not very well done in China. This is one reason why foreign tourists are reducing their travel to China, and another reason is food safety issues, which are related to health and must not be taken lightly. The third and most important reason for currency transactions is that domestic tourists now use Alipay and WeChat to scan the code to shop, while foreign tourists like and are accustomed to cash transactions, which makes foreign tourists feel very inconvenient when they travel to China.
The tour guide said that the QR code was invented by the Japanese, but the Japanese still like to use cash in their lives, unless there is a code scanning service in the Chinese centralized shopping mall. According to her analysis, these should be the three main reasons for the decrease in foreign tourists coming to China.Chinese The tour guide is from the Northeast and mixed well in Japan. (She and her husband have a company in Japan) but she frankly said that she does not want to become a Japanese citizen, and I am Chinese and still have to return to the northeast when the time is right.
I love to travel and I am very concerned about the dynamics of the travel industry. After listening to the analysis of the tour guide of the compatriots in Japan, I was also enlightened with emotion. We sincerely hope that the relevant departments in China will strengthen their efforts to solve the problems of the domestic tourism industry as soon as possible. In order to attract more foreigners to travel to China, it will also make the domestic tourism industry more popular.