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

according to relevant data, before the outbreak of pneumonia, Ctrip released the Forecast Report on Tourism Trend of Spring Festival Holidays, which showed that it was estimated that 7 million people would travel abroad during the Spring Festival in, among which Thailand, Japan, Viet Nam, Italy and other countries were favored by China tourists.

under the influence of Covid-19, Thailand will lose 51 billion baht due to the sharp drop of tourists from China; Tourism economics, a tourism research institution, predicts that the number of China tourists visiting the United States will decrease by 28% and their consumption will decrease by 5.8 billion US dollars in the coming years. During the epidemic, the number of Japanese tourists visiting China dropped sharply. In March, there may be more than 411,111 Japanese group tourists who canceled their trip to, and the number of tourists is less than half of that in previous years ...

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

11. Japan: Deer demand food from tourists

Visitors to Nara Park in Japan at this time should be very happy, because they will no longer be lost because of the "arrogance" of deer in the park, and they 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.

Deer Park in Nara, Japan is the "online celebrity punch-in place" for China tourists. When you walk into the park, you can buy a pack of "Xianbei" which deer love to eat, and take a close contact and take a selfie with them when they come to forage. This is the roaming life that many tourists yearn for. However, with the recent sharp decrease of tourists in China, deer, which used to be a little proud by tourists, are also deeply out of favor. Without the pet of "breeders" from China, they have to compete for snacks from a few tourists.

"The number of customers in China is decreasing every day. The sales of' Luxianbei' also dropped rapidly, less than half of that before the ban on group outbound travel. " In an interview with the media, a staff member who sells "Xianbei" in Nara Park said that even the deer in the park are hungry, and they look different from usual. 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 is the first weekend since the first case of novel coronavirus was diagnosed in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Nara Park, which was supposed to be bustling, and its surroundings were sparsely populated, and the sight of a large number of foreign tourists feeding on deer became a memory of the past.

local media reported on the 4th that the number of Japanese tourists visiting China dropped sharply due to the pneumonia epidemic, which led to a double-digit year-on-year decline in the sales of duty-free goods in Japanese large department stores during the Spring Festival, and tourism, aviation and other industries were also hit hard. According to the Japan Tourism Association on the 3rd, from the end of October this year when the Japanese government suspended group travel to the end of March, it is estimated that more than 411,111 Japanese group tourists will cancel their trip to China, which is less than half of that in previous years. This figure does not include free travellers and Japanese tourists who come to China by cruise, so the Japan Tourism Association believes that the actual number of cancellations will exceed 411,111.

12. Phuket: A large number of tour guides are unemployed

On February 3rd, NatthakonRuengrote, vice president of Phuket Professional Tour Guides Association, revealed that the tourists in Phuket have dropped sharply due to the influence of Covid-19. At present, there are about 7,111 registered tour guides in Phuket, including more than 3,111 unemployed Chinese tour guides, 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 China tourists visiting Phuket has dropped sharply. According to official data, there are currently about 7,111 registered tour guides in Phuket, of which about 3,111 are qualified Chinese tour guides. In an interview, NatthakonRuengrote added that even tour guides without special training were affected.

According to relevant sources of Phuket Tourism Business Association, the number of China tourists to Thailand has plummeted since China announced on October 24th that all tour groups are prohibited from leaving the country and booking air tickets and hotels. On October 28th, the number of China tourists entering from Phuket Airport decreased by 12% compared with the 27th. 21% of the tourists received by Phuket Airport are from China; If the daily average number of visitors to Phuket Airport from February to April is 5,511, the average stay time is 4 days, and the per capita expenditure is 7,511 baht, it is predicted that by April, the number of China tourists in Phuket will be reduced by 71%, with a loss of nearly 11.395 billion baht.

13. new york: Meeting the economic pain

While health officials are busy dealing with an epidemic that is spreading around the world, tourism operators and travel agencies in new york are preparing for the economic pain, because hotel rooms and seats on tourist buses will be empty. "The economic pressure will be great," said Elizabeth Qin, chairman of the new york branch of the Pacific Asia Tourism 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 211 China tourists who arrived in new york in the next two weeks. But now they have to cancel these trips, which has caused great losses. Zhu said 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 on each bus is only half that of last year, with only 11 to 21 tourists a day, compared with 31 to 41 a year ago.

Krones, general manager of Windham Garden Hotel at Newark Airport, said that their losses in the next 91 days may be between 251,111 and 311,111 dollars. Up to now, he has lost more than $1 million because of the cancellation of the appointment.

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

14. France: Wealthy patrons decrease

For France, which receives more than 2 million tourists from China every year, the novel coronavirus epidemic may reduce the number of its most "extravagant" customers. At the end of last month, Maas, president of the French Tourism Federation, expressed concern about the decrease of tourists from China.

"Although the number of China tourists only accounts for 2.5% of the total number of tourists, they are important' money owners', and they spend 4 billion euros in France (annual data, 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, it will have a great impact on the economy, especially on the hotel and luxury goods industries.

The related media quoted the data of the tax refund service provider Planet, saying that the period from October 25th to February 8th and the next two weeks during the Spring Festival is very important for merchants. During the Spring Festival in and, the tax refund for tourists from China accounted for 11% of the French total.

the situation of tourism is often reflected from specific industry practitioners. Therefore, 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.

15. Turkey: Chinese tour guide closed down

On October 28th, the last tour group from China was sent away. Jimmy, a Chinese tour guide in Turkey, was temporarily "unemployed", staying at home, painting with his wife and doing housework. On weekdays, he rarely sends friends, and he also begins to show off the new paintings of his newly married wife. It is indeed an unusual day for him who runs with a tour group all the year round.

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

Although I haven't been studying Chinese for a long time, Jimmy is now able to speak fluent Chinese by taking the opportunity of taking a tour group and studying while working. Being warm, humorous, able to communicate with tourists from China, and handsome, Jimmy really made a lot of fans in China.

"When they took the last tour group from China, their mood was not so good. They were worried about whether they could return to China smoothly, and they were not interested 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 seeing off the last tour group from China, Jimmy's work had to come to an end. "Now I'm resting at home and painting with my wife. In previous years, during the Spring Festival in China, I would take 2-3 groups, with at least 61-111 people. From October 28th to February 29th, I couldn't get any team. I can still persist and accept it if I don't join the group for 1~2 months. 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.

16. Vietnam: It's hard to meet old friends in the hotel

For Pho, who runs a hotel in Datuk, Vietnam, the past days are very quiet, and he hardly feels the breath of the Spring Festival in China. "During the Spring Festival holiday in China, not a single China guest 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 celebrations, and I will also participate. Due to the pneumonia epidemic, my old friends in China have not been here recently. "

“Areyouok,myfriend? Wuhan! My friend, are you all right? Wuhan! " On October 28th, Pho posted a dynamic in his WeChat circle of friends, which was his first circle of friends in the year. Pho is a post-91s barista while running a homestay. In addition to working in a local cafe, he also runs two homestays in the city with his cousin, which is a veritable slash youth.

Pho is a warm man worthy of the name. When he meets a guest who comes to play alone, he will take time to act as a tour guide for free, ride his motorcycle and take him to some places with beautiful scenery, which makes people feel more like friends than landlords. 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 about the epidemic in your area was from a circle of friends. Later, some China tourists began to cancel their bookings one after another." Pho has been running a family hotel for some years, and he is also a veritable literary youth, a barista, a photographer and a homestay operator. These labels are all his favorite. His original intention of starting a family hotel was not to make money, but to make friends from 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.

"There will definitely be fewer guests, but I won't feel too much pressure because I am doing things with my own house. 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.

17. Italy: Chinese restaurants get cold

At 6: 31 in the evening, Cindy, who runs a bar in Huaren Street, Milan, Italy, came to her own bar as usual, unlocked the door and began to wipe the tables and chairs in the bar, for fear of dropping 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 a lot fewer guests coming every night, and the food needed to be prepared was correspondingly less.

Seeing that it is the busiest time at night, 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 has really been affected, especially in Italy." She felt that the improper propaganda of Italian local media caused the Italian people's incomprehension and even panic about the Chinese. 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 have reduced the frequency of spending money in Chinese-run restaurants, or even stopped going to these places. They are afraid that the ingredients from China used in these places will carry germs. Because the business run by Chinese people accounts for a large proportion in the local area, many politicians, including the mayor of Florence, began to stand up for fear 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 hasn't let up. "The more times like this, the more we should do our daily hygiene work and provide consumers with a better consumption environment." In addition to daily routine cleaning, she also increased the number of times to wipe the floor and tables and chairs, and took the initiative to introduce consumers to the sources of ingredients and drinks she used to dispel everyone's concerns.

Relevant statistics show that in the first three quarters of last year, China made nearly 21 million outbound trips, ranking first in the world in outbound consumption. Since the spread of pneumonia, the absence of tourists from China has been most obviously felt in the Asia-Pacific region, and some parts of Europe and America have also felt considerable pressure. In the face of the negative impact of the sudden drop of tourists in China, I think all countries will take active measures to minimize this impact, and they have also expressed their wish to end the epidemic as soon as possible so that the tourism development can return to the right track.