The country China also known as the Red Dragon is great place for a tourist to stay, it has great culture and its history is magnificent.
City
Latitude
Longitude
Beijing
39.9042° N
116.4074° E
Shanghai
31.2304° N
121.4737° E
Why Go?
The reason why a tourist should be motivated to go to China is mainly because of its culture individuals can be very fascinated by Chinese culture and seeing and also experience it. A tourist would also like to see historical monuments like the Great wall of China. Experiencing life in China, the way these people live their daily lives is a great way to observe culture. One reason I am interested in China is because of the movie called “ The Karate Kid” (2010 version). Beijing has the the Great Wall …show more content…
Other barriers include a healthcare barrier, individuals will need vaccines before they go to China. They also need to make sure eat safely and drink safely so they don’t get sick. Another major problem is that a tourist will most likely have trouble reading signs in Chinese and reading maps. The Avian Flu is a problem in China and tourists will have to take precautions to not get affected by it. It will take additional costs for me to take extra precautions. Currency is also a barrier because a tourist needs to know whether they are getting scammed or not (Global Affairs Canada, …show more content…
Travel & Tourism generated 23,680,500 jobs directly in 2016 (3.1% of total employment) and this is forecast to grow by 1.0% in 2017 (World Travel & tourism Council, 2017). Another economic benefit is the visitor exports, which are when tourists spend their money in China thus, putting more money into the economy. Travel and tourism also contributes to total GDP, the direct contribution of tourism to GDP in 2016 was 2.5% of China's GDP, this many seem like a small number, however China’s GDP is 11.2 trillion as of 2016 meaning the contribution was roughly $2 hundred 80 billion or $280,000,000,000 USD. Although China does get lots of money from tourism, its main industry is