What the Chinese tourists want to see . . .

[Randy W]

in the Shanghaiist

 

Guide reveals Chinese tourists are swarming to ordinary English village to see simple houses, gardens

 

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Well, now that mystery has finally been solved after a local recently gave one of the tour guides a questionnaire to fill out from the BBC. Here's the questions and answers:

Q: We are happy to have you here but why have you come?

A: "Because we don't have [these] in China. Here, we are looking for the true sense of this country. "

 

Q: Do you like it?

A: "[Yes]. Because the environment makes you feel you are closer to the simplicity of your original self."

Q: What do you like here?

A: "The houses [and] gardens."

 

 

 

"Don't knock it , I've been selling them cream teas at £8 a go," wrote another.

 

 

[Randy W]

. . . and now the NY Times (pretty much the SAME village & news)

 

 

British Villagers Are Baffled by Flocking Chinese Tourists

By DAN BILEFSKY

DEC. 5, 2016