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新西兰旅游部长没有人性
最近有一则新闻引起中国人的高度关注，新西兰旅游部长斯图尔特再次表达了他对穷游游客的反感态度。他声称新西兰不喜欢穷人来旅游，富人才是他们喜欢的。如果你打算到新西兰穷游、精打细算的出行，是不受欢迎的，挥金如土的游客才是新西兰需要的。
新西兰旅游部长说，有些游客“每天只花10美元，吃着方便面游遍我们国家的游客”，这样的人不应该来。“我们的客户就是高质量游客。”“我们也会欢迎背包客……但我们不欢迎那些在脸书上分享如何每天只花10美元吃着方便面游遍新西兰的游客。”
新西兰旅游部长斯图尔特·纳什 Stuart Nash
斯图尔特的做法引起了很多人的不满，一位评论员表示部长的言论“势利、精英主义且脱离现实。”作为一个普通公众，我觉的部长的做法是不人道的，中国人认为，人人生而平等，不能因为别人没有钱就歧视别人，每个人都有欣赏自然环境的权利。
有旅游专家表示，没有证据能够证明“富人游客”对新西兰旅游业的贡献比低预算游客更多。他说：“近几十年全球旅游业的趋势是游客走得更远，更快到达目的地，产生更多二氧化碳，停留时间更短，在旅游地消费更少。”结果是“富豪们在破坏地球时并没有像人们预期或希望的那样为旅游目的地做出贡献”。
“富豪游客对环境危害最大，因为他们定期重复多次在目的地停留时间很短的高碳旅行，他们对新西兰尤其是偏远地区的旅游业并不会特别有利。”
而收入较低的游客，比如留学生和背包客，会停留更长时间，停留时间的长短与在新西兰的累计消费额直接相关。
新西兰人的做法太令人失望，太现实主义了，眼里只有钱。与中国人的热情好客截然不同。无论你是哪个民族肤色的人，无论你是富裕还是贫穷，无论你身体健康还是残疾，只要你来到中国，中国人都会热烈欢迎你的到来。如果你想去旅行，为何不考虑中国？
中国的饮食丰富多样，消费也不高，景点非常多，人民热情，也是最安全的国家……欢迎你来中国！最后做一个广告，如果你想学习汉语，可以使用我的课程，半年让你说流利的汉语。
词汇 Words
富人 rich person
穷人 poor people
穷游 Poor travel
背包客 Backpacker
脸书 Facebook
高质量 high quality ; good quality
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New Zealand’s tourism minister is inhumane.
Recently, a news has attracted great attention from the Chinese people. Stewart, Minister of tourism of New Zealand, once again expressed his disgust towards poor tourists. He claims that New Zealand does not like poor people to travel, and rich people are their favorite. If you plan to travel to New Zealand in a poor and economical way, it is not welcome. It is the spendthrift tourists that New Zealand needs.
New Zealand’s tourism minister said that some tourists “spend only $10 a day and eat instant noodles to travel all over our country”. Such people should not come. “Our customers are high-quality tourists.” “We also welcome Backpackers… But we don’t welcome those who share on Facebook how to spend only $10 a day to eat instant noodles and travel all over New Zealand.”
Stewart’s action has caused many people’s dissatisfaction. One commentator said that the minister’s remarks were “snobbish, elitist and divorced from reality.” As an ordinary public, I think the minister’s action is inhumane. The Chinese people believe that everyone is born equal and cannot discriminate against others just because they have no money. Everyone has the right to enjoy the natural environment.
Some tourism experts said that there is no evidence to prove that “rich tourists” contribute more to New Zealand’s tourism than low budget tourists. He said: “in recent decades, the trend of the global tourism industry is that tourists go further, reach their destinations faster, generate more carbon dioxide, stay shorter, and spend less in tourist destinations.” The result is that “when the rich destroy the earth, they do not contribute to the tourist destination as expected or hoped”.
“Rich tourists are the most harmful to the environment, because they regularly repeat high-carbon travel with short stay in the destination for many times. They will not be particularly beneficial to the tourism industry in New Zealand, especially in remote areas.”
Tourists with lower income, such as international students and backpackers, will stay longer. The length of stay is directly related to the accumulated consumption in New Zealand.
New Zealanders are too disappointed and realistic. They only have money in their eyes. It is quite different from the hospitality of the Chinese people. No matter what nationality and color you are, whether you are rich or poor, whether you are healthy or disabled, as long as you come to China, the Chinese people will warmly welcome you. If you want to travel, why not consider China?
China has a rich and varied diet, low consumption, many scenic spots, warm people and the safest country… Welcome to China! Finally, make an advertisement. If you want to learn Chinese, you can keep listen my Chinese podcast help you speak fluent Chinese for half a year.
