Does the Wuhan epidemic have a great impact on foreign tourism?

The new pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan in 2020 has deeply affected all industries in the world, especially the tourism service industry, which is even worse. As the main force of outbound travel in China tourism market, all outbound tours with group tours have been cancelled, and a large number of international flights have been grounded, which has had a great impact on domestic and international tourism.

According to relevant data, before the outbreak of pneumonia, Ctrip released the "20 19 Spring Festival Holiday Tourism Trend Forecast Report".

It is estimated that 7 million people will travel abroad during the Spring Festival in 2020, among which Thailand, Japanese, Vietnamese and Italian are the most popular destination countries for China tourists.

Affected by COVID-19, the number of tourists from China in Thailand has greatly decreased.

The loss will reach 50 billion baht; Tourism economics, a tourism research institution, predicts that the number of tourists from China to the United States will decrease by 28% in 2020, and the consumption will decrease by 5.8 billion US dollars. During the epidemic, the number of Japanese tourists visiting China dropped sharply.

The number of Japanese group tourists who canceled their trip to China in March may exceed 400,000, which is less than half of that in previous years. ......

Under the influence of the epidemic, employees and even animals "spoiled" by a large number of tourists from China are now facing the threat of "falling out of favor".

0 1. Japan: Deer ask tourists for food. Visitors to Nara Park should be very happy at this time, because they will no longer be lost because of the arrogance of deer in the park, and may even be chased by herds of deer to beg for their greedy Xianbei, and one of the most important reasons is probably the sharp decline of tourists from China.

Luyuan in Nara, Japan, is a "punching place for online celebrities" for China tourists. Walking into the park, I bought a pack of Xianbei, which deer love to eat, and took advantage of their leisurely foraging opportunity to get in touch and take selfies. This is the roaming life that many tourists yearn for. However, with the recent sharp drop of tourists in China, deer, which once made tourists proud, also fell out of favor. Without the pets of "keepers" from China, they have to compete with a few tourists for snacks.

"The number of customers in China is declining every day. The sales volume of' Luxian Cup' has also dropped rapidly, less than half of that before the ban on group outbound travel. " A staff member selling Xianbei in Nara Park said in an interview with the media that even the deer in the park are hungry and look different in peacetime. Deer used to be very friendly, and they kept their heads down and approached people before eating Xianbei. Now it may be because they are too hungry to stand, and they are all sprinting towards people.

February 1 day is the first weekend since the first case of novel coronavirus was diagnosed in Nara Prefecture. Nara Park and its surrounding areas, which should be bustling, are sparsely populated, and the sight that a large number of foreign tourists feed on deer has become a thing of the past.

Local media reported on the 4th that due to the pneumonia epidemic, the number of Japanese tourists to China dropped sharply, resulting in a double-digit year-on-year decline in the sales of duty-free goods in large Japanese department stores during the Spring Festival, and tourism, aviation and other industries were also hit hard. The Japan Tourism Association said on the 3rd that from the end of June, 5438 to the end of March this year, the Japanese government suspended group tours to China, and it is estimated that more than 400,000 Japanese group tourists may cancel their trips to China, which is less than half of that in previous years. This figure excludes free travellers and Japanese tourists who come to China by cruise, so the Japan Tourism Association thinks that the actual cancellation number will exceed 400,000.

02. Phuket: A large number of tour guides are unemployed. On February 3rd, Natthakon, Vice President of Phuket Professional Tour Guides Association.

Ruengrote revealed that the influence of COVID-19 has led to a sharp drop in tourists in Phuket. At present, there are about 7,000 registered tour guides in Phuket, including more than 3,000 unemployed tour guides from China, who need financial assistance to pay for their living expenses.

This time of year should be the tourist season in Phuket, but due to the sudden spread of novel coronavirus, the number of tourists from China to Phuket has dropped sharply. According to official data, there are currently about 7,000 registered tour guides in Phuket, of which about 3,000 are qualified Chinese tour guides. In an interview, Nathakan

Ruengrote added that even tour guides without special training will be affected.

A related person from Phuket Tourism Business Association said that since China announced that it would ban all tour groups from leaving the country and book air tickets and hotels, the number of tourists from China to Thailand dropped sharply. 65438+1On October 28th, the number of China tourists from Phuket Airport decreased 12% compared with the 27th. 20% of the tourists received by Phuket Airport are from China; If the daily average number of tourists in Phuket Airport from February to April is 5,500, the average stay time is 4 days, and the per capita expenditure is 7,500 baht, it is predicted that by April, the number of tourists from China in Phuket will be reduced by 70%, with a loss of nearly 65.438+0.0395 billion baht.

03. new york: Coping with Economic Pain While health officials are busy coping with the epidemic spreading around the world, new york's tour operators and travel agencies are preparing for economic pain, because hotel rooms and seats on tour buses will be empty. "The economic pressure will be great," said Elizabeth Qin, chairman of the new york branch of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, an industry organization, and an agent of a travel agency in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Bruce Zhu, the manager of a travel agency in Flushing, Queens, new york, has booked a hotel and was supposed to welcome 200 tourists from China who will arrive in new york in the next two weeks. But now they have to cancel these trips, which has caused great losses. Zhu said that he might have to fire two of the five employees.

Chen Tang, manager of a company providing Chinese tour bus service, said that due to the epidemic, the number of tourists per bus was only half that of last year, with only 10 to 20 tourists a day, compared with 30 to 40 a year ago.

Crance, general manager of Windham Garden Hotel in Newark Airport, said that their losses in the next 90 days may be between 250,000 and 300,000 dollars. So far, he has lost more than $654.38 million because of canceling the appointment.

Tourism economics, a tourism research institution, predicts that the number of China tourists visiting the United States will decrease by 28% in 2020, and their consumption will decrease by 5.8 billion US dollars.

04. France: Fewer wealthy customers. For France, which receives more than 2 million tourists from China every year, the novel coronavirus epidemic may reduce its most "luxury" customers. At the end of last month, French Tourism Federation President Maas expressed concern about the decrease of tourists in China.

"Although the number of tourists in China only accounts for 2.5% of the total number of tourists, they are important money owners. They spent 4 billion euros (20 18 data) in France, accounting for 7% of the total consumption of all tourists. " Mas said.

He said that at present, French tourism is in the off-season, and if the epidemic continues, the impact on the economy will be enormous, especially on the hotel and luxury goods industries.

Relevant media quoted the data of the tax refund service provider Planet as saying that the period from October 25th to February 8th of 65438+/kloc-0, and the next two weeks during the Spring Festival, are very important for businesses. During the Spring Festival of 20 18 and 20 19, the tax refund for tourists from China accounted for 10% of the French annual total.

The situation of tourism is often reflected from specific industry practitioners. So, Phoenix. Com interviewed several tourism practitioners from different countries in the world to learn more about the impact of this epidemic on tourism in various places.

05. Turkey: The tour guide from China was blocked at 65438+128 October, and the last tour group from China was sent away. Jimmy, a Turkish tour guide from China, is temporarily unemployed, staying at home, painting with his wife and doing housework. On weekdays, he rarely sends friends and begins to show off his new wife's new paintings. For him who runs with tour groups all the year round, this is indeed an unusual day.

Because there are strict requirements for each registered tour guide to take over the tour group in Turkey, China tour guides can only receive tour groups from China. After seeing the expanding tourism market in China, Jimmy went to Shanghai to study Chinese for a period of time at his own expense two years ago, and then returned to China to obtain the Turkish Chinese tour guide qualification certificate and joined the Turkish Chinese tour guide association.

Although he hasn't studied Chinese for a long time, Jimmy is now able to speak fluent Chinese by taking advantage of taking part in tour groups and studying while working. Enthusiastic, humorous, able to communicate with tourists from China and handsome, Jimmy really has many fans in China.

"When I brought the last tour group from China, they were in a bad mood and worried about whether they could return to China smoothly, so they had no interest in sightseeing at all. Fortunately, they all returned to China smoothly in the end. " This is Jimmy's initial feeling about the recent pneumonia epidemic.

After successfully sending off the last tour group from China, Jimmy's work had to come to an end. "I'm resting at home now and painting with my wife. In previous years, during the Spring Festival in China, I would take 2-3 groups with at least 60- 100 people. From 65438+1October 28th to February 29th, I couldn't make any team. 1~2 months without joining the group, I can still insist on accepting it. If the time is longer, I can only consider receiving European tour groups. "

In Turkey, registered non-English speaking tour guides can receive tourists from other English speaking countries under certain conditions.

06. Vietnam: It's hard to see old friends in hotels. For Pho, who runs a hotel in Datuk, Vietnam, it's very quiet these days, and he can hardly feel the breath of China Spring Festival. "During the Spring Festival holiday in China, no one from China came. A few years ago, every year at this time, friends from China would come here for the Spring Festival. Although we don't celebrate this festival very much, China friends will hold various celebration activities, and I will also participate. Due to the pneumonia epidemic, my old friends in China have not been there recently. "

"Are you okay, my?

Friends? Wuhan! My friend, are you all right? Wuhan! ) "65438+1On October 28th, Pho posted a dynamic in his WeChat circle of friends, which was his first circle of friends in 2020. Pho is a post-90s barista who also runs a homestay. In addition to working in a local coffee shop, he and his cousin also run two homestays in the urban area, which is a veritable slash youth.

Pho is a warm man worthy of the name. When you meet a guest who comes to play alone, he will take the time to act as a tour guide for free, ride his motorcycle and take him to some places with good scenery, giving people the feeling that he is not a landlord, but more like a friend. It is also for this reason that many Pho tenants are recommended by former tenants, and a large part of them are tourists from China and South Korea.

"The first time I heard that your epidemic was from a circle of friends. Later, some China tourists began to unsubscribe. "

Pho has been running a family hotel for some years, and is also a veritable literary youth, barista, photographer and homestay operator. These labels are all his favorites. His original intention of opening a family hotel is not to make money, but to make friends all over the world. In order to facilitate contact with friends in China, he used WeChat very early and contacted former guests from time to time.

"The number of guests will definitely decrease a lot, but I won't have too much pressure, because I use my own house to do things. In addition, I will also develop more tourists from other countries during this time and strive to make up for the losses. " Pho began to have new plans for the epidemic that may last for a while.

07. Italy: At 6: 30 pm, the Chinese restaurant gets cold. Cindy runs a bar in Huaren Street, Milan, Italy.

As usual, I went to my bar, opened the door and began to clean the tables and chairs in the bar, for fear of leaving a little stain or dust. When she was cleaning, the staff in charge of the kitchen began to get busy, but compared with the previous period, there were many fewer guests coming every night, and the food needed to be prepared was correspondingly less.

Seeing the busiest time in the evening, Cindy's bar still looks deserted, and there are no other guests except three or two people who drink alone. "After the outbreak, our business was really affected, especially in Italy." She felt that the improper publicity of Italian local media caused the Italian people's incomprehension and even panic about China people. Many Chinese who run supermarkets, restaurants and bars in Milan have also encountered similar troubles as Cindy.

Many local people have not fully understood the pneumonia epidemic and overreacted, so they reduced the frequency of spending in Chinese-run restaurants and even stopped entering these places. They are afraid that the ingredients from China used in these places will carry germs. As the business run by Chinese accounts for a large proportion in the local area, many politicians, including the mayor of Florence, began to come forward, fearing that such panic would hit the catering industry, hoping that people would eliminate unnecessary panic and eat in Chinese restaurants normally.

Despite such troubles, Cindy didn't slack off. "The more in this case, the more you should do daily hygiene and provide consumers with a better consumption environment." In addition to daily routine cleaning, she also increased the frequency of wiping floors, tables and chairs, and took the initiative to introduce the sources of ingredients and drinks she used to consumers, so as to dispel everyone's concerns.

Relevant statistics show that in the first three quarters of 2065438+2009, China made nearly 6,543.82 billion outbound trips, ranking first in the world in outbound consumption. Since the spread of pneumonia, the absence of tourists from China has been felt most obviously in the Asia-Pacific region, and some areas in Europe and America have also felt considerable pressure. In the face of the negative impact brought by the sudden drop of tourists in China, I think all countries will take active measures to minimize this impact, and they also express their hope to end the epidemic as soon as possible and put the tourism development back on track.