Why do few Japanese travel to China?

Japan, a neighbor of China across the sea. Speaking of Japanese, everyone is familiar with it, especially China people. They have a lot of feelings for this country, which is unclear and confusing.

As we all know, Japan is a highly developed capitalist country. According to the data, the per capita GDP of Japan in 20 18 was as high as $39,287, while that of China was much weaker, only $9,462.

In this regard, someone asked, in such a highly developed and wealthy country, people should all love consumption, enjoyment and travel and pursue the quality of life. In addition, China is so close to Japan, and most of the goods are very cheap, but why are so few Japanese tourists visiting China?

First of all, this is related to the social and economic development of China.

Indeed, compared with the number of outbound tourists in China, the number of Japanese tourists visiting China is much less. Especially in recent years, Japanese tourists to China have gradually decreased. According to the data, from 1980 to 1997, the number of Japanese tourists to China increased year by year, and the peak of Japanese tourists to China was from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, the number of Japanese tourists visiting China reached a record 3.978 million. After 2008, due to the global financial crisis, the number of tourists visiting China tends to decline. ? Since 20 12, it has further declined due to the influence of Sino-Japanese political relations.

This phenomenon is closely related to the social and economic development of China at that time. In 1980s and 1990s, although China carried out reform and opening-up, its economy developed greatly. But on the whole, the living standard of the whole people is still very low, and the people live in poverty and backwardness. At that time, Japan had completed industrial reform and realized modernization.

Therefore, when the Japanese with some money came to China, they could be called absolute "bosses" and local tyrants wherever they went. Now, after 20 or 30 years of development, China's comprehensive national strength is increasing day by day, and the level of tourism consumption is also greatly improved.

But the Japanese work hard every day, and the salary is basically so much. In the face of rising tourism costs and similar tourist attractions, the Japanese have wisely turned their attention to the Southeast Asian tourism market with higher cost performance, such as Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries with relatively low living standards. In this way, people can spend the least money and enjoy more quality services and material resources.

Secondly, China is not the first choice for Japanese tourists.

As we all know, Sino-Japanese relations are quite special. For a long time, there have been some estrangements between the people of the two countries, which have affected the Japanese people's interest in China tourism to varying degrees.

Third, the Japanese don't know China as well as we thought.

20 16 Peking University's "in-depth study on strengthening the soft power of China's foreign communication culture" conducted a questionnaire survey in Japan. The results show that Japanese people's awareness, interest and love for China's cultural products are generally low, such as Tongrentang, Confucius Institute and Jingdezhen porcelain. For a person who doesn't even know the basic situation of other countries, it is obviously unacceptable for everyone to let him travel and take risks in that country.

Finally, the demonization criticism of the western media has subtly influenced the Japanese.

In recent years, with the development of China's economy, politics and other aspects, and the continuous improvement of the country's comprehensive strength, there are more and more questions from abroad. As the saying goes, "a tree attracts the wind" and "many people are red", that's all. Some media people, regardless of professional ethics, deliberately discredited and vilified China, which also influenced the Japanese people's examination and views on China to varying degrees.

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In short, although China and Japan are separated only by a strip of water, their national conditions, social customs and ideas are quite different. The decrease in the number of Japanese tourists to China is related to many factors. Of course, the decrease in the number of tourists now does not mean that it will remain the same in the future. ?

References:

China culture in Japanese eyes.