Everyone around the world knows Chinese people have time off—on a Thai cruise with 20 people, 15 were fellow countrymen; on an Egypt sightseeing bus, the reverse-beep sound was directly switched to Chinese.
In this “work 3, rest 13” ultra-long golden week, visitors from mainland China basically swept through more than 2,000 cities worldwide in one go. Santa Monica Beach, Egypt’s pyramids, the streets of Italy, Thai cruise boats, Brazilian tour groups—all were “our people.” Netizens’ photos are even more outrageous: on a Thai cruise with over twenty tourists, only five or six were not from the mainland; in a Brazilian 12-person tour group, eight were fellow countrymen. Things are hot on the inbound side too: one-day tour orders from overseas to China are up 4x year-over-year.
My feeling is that this no longer really looks like tourism—it’s more like a big online community meet-up. For those who can’t fit into domestic scenic spots, they hold the meet-up all over the world. You fly over after spending ten-some hours, and the people lying on the beach are still locals from home; even the poses people line up to take photos in are familiar 😂
But then again, being able to go out in the first place is a good thing. The true meaning of the holiday may not be how far you went, but that you have stories to tell after you come back—no matter how the story starts, even if it’s “Under the pyramid, I heard a familiar Chinese reverse-beep sound.”
This holiday, were you out in the sea of people watching, or just lying back at home? #EveryoneKnowsChinesePeopleHaveTimeOff
Source: China Times Instant (Oct 4 report); data compiled from The Paper, with remix rewriting
In this “work 3, rest 13” ultra-long golden week, visitors from mainland China basically swept through more than 2,000 cities worldwide in one go. Santa Monica Beach, Egypt’s pyramids, the streets of Italy, Thai cruise boats, Brazilian tour groups—all were “our people.” Netizens’ photos are even more outrageous: on a Thai cruise with over twenty tourists, only five or six were not from the mainland; in a Brazilian 12-person tour group, eight were fellow countrymen. Things are hot on the inbound side too: one-day tour orders from overseas to China are up 4x year-over-year.
My feeling is that this no longer really looks like tourism—it’s more like a big online community meet-up. For those who can’t fit into domestic scenic spots, they hold the meet-up all over the world. You fly over after spending ten-some hours, and the people lying on the beach are still locals from home; even the poses people line up to take photos in are familiar 😂
But then again, being able to go out in the first place is a good thing. The true meaning of the holiday may not be how far you went, but that you have stories to tell after you come back—no matter how the story starts, even if it’s “Under the pyramid, I heard a familiar Chinese reverse-beep sound.”
This holiday, were you out in the sea of people watching, or just lying back at home? #EveryoneKnowsChinesePeopleHaveTimeOff
Source: China Times Instant (Oct 4 report); data compiled from The Paper, with remix rewriting
