Three Chinese Tourists Thrown off Flight at Cambodian Airport Following Scuffle Over Legroom

wackyjacky · Post by **wackyjacky** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:37 pm

Taiwanese and Hong Kong Chinese are great. They're just more use to travelling and the world at large. The mainlanders will get there eventually, unfortunately there's a billion and a half of them. This may take awhile.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:38 pm

wackyjacky wrote:Taiwanese and Hong Kong Chinese are great. They're just more use to travelling and the world at large. The mainlanders will get there eventually, unfortunately there's a billion and a half of them. This may take awhile.

Is it really so important to them that the whole 1.5 billion do it right now? Couldn't they stage it a little?

wackyjacky · Post by **wackyjacky** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:50 pm

They are, believe it or not. Most are still dirt poor and have never been > 100 kms from where they were born.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:02 pm

wackyjacky wrote:They are, believe it or not. Most are still dirt poor and have never been > 100 kms from where they were born.

Yeah, I was just bitchin'. I taught in state schools there as part of my Masters.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:45 pm

Here is a different take on mainland Chinese tourists.They are much sought after for their spending power - sometimes to the point of kidnapping and extortion, menaces of "buy or else".

Beijing: As tourism booms in China, many travellers on budget package trips are complaining that they're being strong-armed by guides into purchasing jewellery, cosmetics, electronics and other goods - and now, the practice appears to be taking a deadly turn.

A 54-year-old construction contractor from northern China was beaten and died last week in Hong Kong after he tried to mediate a fight between a tour guide and a fellow traveller who did not want to buy anything in a jewellery shop...

http://www.smh.com.au/world/strongarm-t ... kfipr.html

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:51 pm

This happens here in SR too.... The trips themselves are heavily subsidized, the money is made when the Chinese (and Korean) tours are forced to go shopping.

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