China issues travel warning to citizens visiting U.S.

[TaiShang]

China issues travel warning to citizens visiting U.S.

Updated 17:09, 04-Jun-2019
CGTN

The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a warning to its citizens on Tuesday to exercise caution before going to the U.S. for tourist visits.

This alert comes after recent criminal cases including mass shootings, robberies and thefts occurred in the U.S.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) also reminded Chinese citizens to improve safety awareness and stay alert when visiting the U.S., said a spokesperson on Tuesday in a regular press briefing.

Beijing's response comes after reports that Chinese citizens were allegedly harassed by U.S. authorities during their entry and exit checks, said the spokesperson.

The number of Chinese tourists visiting the U.S. last year dropped for the first time in 15 years, dropping 5.7 percent to 2.9 million in 2018 according to data from the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.

People who work in the U.S. tourism sector have been worried about the decline. In order to attract more Chinese tourists, many hotels in San Francisco have staff members who can speak the language and offer services specific to Chinese tourists said a manager of a hotel in San Francisco.

Despite the drop in Chinese tourists to the U.S. last year, the overall outbound trips of Chinese tourists maintained its strong growth in 2018. A total of 149.72 million outbound trips were made by Chinese tourists in 2018, up 14.7 percent year-on-year, according to the data from China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Chinese tourists were increasingly inclined to go to more convenient, safer, stable and friendly destinations, according to a report released by the China Tourism Academy and Chinese travel servi
ces provider Ctrip.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e796b444d35457a6333566d54/index.html

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

China issues travel warning to citizens visiting U.S.

Updated 17:09, 04-Jun-2019
CGTN

The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a warning to its citizens on Tuesday to exercise caution before going to the U.S. for tourist visits.

This alert comes after recent criminal cases including mass shootings, robberies and thefts occurred in the U.S.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) also reminded Chinese citizens to improve safety awareness and stay alert when visiting the U.S., said a spokesperson on Tuesday in a regular press briefing.

Beijing's response comes after reports that Chinese citizens were allegedly harassed by U.S. authorities during their entry and exit checks, said the spokesperson.

The number of Chinese tourists visiting the U.S. last year dropped for the first time in 15 years, dropping 5.7 percent to 2.9 million in 2018 according to data from the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.

People who work in the U.S. tourism sector have been worried about the decline. In order to attract more Chinese tourists, many hotels in San Francisco have staff members who can speak the language and offer services specific to Chinese tourists said a manager of a hotel in San Francisco.

Despite the drop in Chinese tourists to the U.S. last year, the overall outbound trips of Chinese tourists maintained its strong growth in 2018. A total of 149.72 million outbound trips were made by Chinese tourists in 2018, up 14.7 percent year-on-year, according to the data from China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Chinese tourists were increasingly inclined to go to more convenient, safer, stable and friendly destinations, according to a report released by the China Tourism Academy and Chinese travel servi
ces provider Ctrip.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e796b444d35457a6333566d54/index.html

Haha how has the world changed.

It was always free america issuing travel advisories.

Oh the irony

Now

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Even US police not safe, country is out of control civil war coming

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/police-brutality-on-rise-in-us-of-a.621764/page-4#post-11520619

 

[Yankee-stani]

Not a really a big deal tbh I mean I recall during Ferguson riots the Turks and Chinese did the same advisory alerts more of a spat when relations with US are low @Hamartia Antidote

 

[zectech]

The main threat is from more Hauwei style kidnappings from the Washington criminals.

Chinese-Americans are hatred by the ruling elite, because they are so smart, they are competition, and the regime in Washington hates competition and Democracy and trade and friendship and freedom.

 

[TaiShang]

Haha how has the world changed.

It was always free america issuing travel advisories.

Oh the irony

Now

But the danger is real. The word is spreading fast on social media.

 

[firas607]

trade war is escalating

 

[OIO]

trade war is escalating

Chinese always make the job done step by step.

 

[firas607]

Chinese always make the job done step by step.

Chinese always been patient with their reactions but lately they are getting aggressive which tells you that the us policies toward China made a big dent

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

A total of 149.72 million outbound trips were made by Chinese tourists in 2018, up 14.7 percent year-on-year, according to the data from China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

I don't see Europe in the top 10. Pretty much all local.

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/tourism/2018statistics/
Outbound tourism 149.72 million trips 14.7%

Top 10 China Outbound Travel Destinations in 2018
Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, America, Cambodia, Russia and the Philippines

Not a really a big deal tbh I mean I recall during Ferguson riots the Turks and Chinese did the same advisory alerts more of a spat when relations with US are low @Hamartia Antidote

Probably as even the Israelis did http://www.preoccupiedterritory.com/israel-issues-travel-warning-for-us-france-sweden/

BTW The US gave a travel advisory for China back in January so they just did the same.

https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...s/traveladvisories/china-travel-advisory.html

Travel Advisory
January 3, 2019
China - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

'Exercise increased caution in China due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual U.S.-Chinese nationals.

Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from leaving China by using ‘exit bans,’ sometimes keeping U.S. citizens in China for years"

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

Universities in the UK gains most from this, furthermore their campuses are relatively safer...

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese FM issues alert for safety in US

Xinhua, June 5, 2019

Chen Xiongfeng (C), deputy director-general of the Department of Consular Affairs of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks during a press briefing in Beijing, capital of China, June 4, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued an alert for Chinese tourists and institutions to raise security awareness in the United States.

Chen Xiongfeng, deputy director-general of the Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a press briefing that U.S. law enforcement agencies had recently used various methods such as immigration checks and on-site interviews to harass Chinese citizens.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese embassy and consulates in the United States reminded Chinese citizens traveling to the United States and Chinese-funded institutions in the United States to raise their security awareness, step up precautions and take appropriate and preventative measures, Chen said.

In case of emergency, please contact the Chinese embassy or consulates in the United States for assistance, Chen added.

Recently, a number of Chinese citizens have reported to Chinese embassy and consulates in the United States that they have been subjected to unwarranted interrogation and checks by U.S. law enforcement agencies when they entered the country or were in its territory, Chen said when responding to a question about the alert.

"The Chinese side has repeatedly expressed its concerns to the U.S. side," Chen said, adding that it was completely right to issue the alert.

"We hope the situation can be improved as soon as possible," he said. "Personnel exchanges are the basis for promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States in various areas. People-to-people exchanges and cooperation serve the common interests of both sides and the common aspirations of both peoples."

China hopes that the U.S. side will take more positive measures to facilitate personnel exchanges and create better conditions for bilateral cooperation in various fields, Chen said.

The alert is valid until Dec. 31, 2019, according to the Department of Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry.

http://www.china.org.cn/world/2019-06/05/content_74855808.htm

 

[Dungeness]

“Red Scare 3.0”.

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese companies, tourists change US travel plans

By Wang Cong Source:Global Times Published: 2019/6/5 20:08:40

Chinese travel agencies and tourists are scrambling to adjust their plans and operations after the Chinese government issued travel alerts for the US, citing increased harassment by US law enforcement agents and rising public safety nuisances.

Coming at a time when the two countries are locked in a bitter trade war, the travel alerts could further exacerbate the already declining number of Chinese tourists and immigrants to the US and could, in the medium term, deal a major below to US companies and industries, insiders and analysts said Wednesday.

"The overall number of Chinese tourist [to the US] has been relatively stable but it is expected to decline because [the alerts] will affect consumers' decisions," said Xu Xiaolei, manager of marketing at China Youth Travel Services (CYTS), one of the largest travel agencies in the country.

CYTS will strengthen its services for domestic trips to ensure consumers' personal and property safety, according to Xu.

"The US is just one destination for Chinese tourists... we also have many other options," an employee at another agency, who declined to be identified, told the Global Times, noting that northern Europe and the Balkans have been increasingly popular among Chinese travelers.

Several other major Chinese travel agencies have also moved to focus on travel services to other destinations as they take the government travel alerts seriously by passing on the warnings on to their customers.

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Tuesday issued travel alerts for the US, citing the high frequency of shootings, robbery and theft in the US. The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the embassy and consulates in the US also issued warnings and urged Chinese citizens and entities in the US to step up their safety awareness, noting rapidly increasing harassment of Chinese visitors by US officials.

The alert came as many Chinese citizens, including tourists, students, scholars and entrepreneurs, are unnerved by what some describe as the US' growing unfriendliness and discriminatory treatment of Chinese nationals.

"I felt the US' unfriendliness when I worked and lived in the US in the second half of last year," a Beijing resident, who only gave his last name as Guo, told the Global Times, pointing to "impolite" treatment of Chinese people. "Their thinking is that we Chinese people have seized their jobs."

Guo, who works for a US-funded company and lives in the US for at least six months each year, said he would not considering emigrating to the country.

Others have also vowed to avoid trips to the US for the time being. "The world is more than just the US, why would I go to the US to look for bad treatment?" one Sina Weibo user wrote on Wednesday.

Economic pain

Such unease among Chinese tourists toward the US will likely lead to sharp falls in the number of Chinese tourists visiting the US in the short term, if tensions between the two countries persist, said

Jiang Yiyi, a professor at the Leisure Sports and Tourism School at the Beijing Sport University.

Amid the rising tensions, the number of visits made by Chinese citizens to the US saw a 7.9 percent year-on-year decline in 2018 to 2.9 million trips, the first drop after 15 years of consistent and exponential growth, according to data from the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) under the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

"Further declines will cause more losses for US companies in the value chain, including airlines and local travel and taxi services," Jiang told the Global Times on Wednesday, noting that though China is not the largest source of tourists for the US, it is the largest source of tourism income, which has been growing rapidly.

In 2018, Chinese tourists spent $23.77 billion in the US, compared with $4.77 billion in 2007, according to the NTTO.

That is just tourism spending. Chinese citizens also spend a lot of money when applying for US citizenship through investment programs and many US companies have grown dependent on Chinese immigrants, according to Wang Lunwen, CEO of Sky Migration.

He said that the security alert will "definitely" increase wariness among Chinese citizens who seek to immigrate to the US through investment programs, especially after they have seen rising incidences of fraud and coped with long waiting periods.

"This will negatively impact many US business projects that are operating on [Chinese investments] and many job opportunities stemming from these projects will be severely hit," Wang told the Global Times.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1153246.shtml

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Very good. I want more and more radical politicians to grab power in the US.

 

[nahtanbob]

Universities in the UK gains most from this, furthermore their campuses are relatively safer...

you are free to visit british universities