Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Chinese tourists spend
over $830 m in Japan during Golden Week
Politicians don’t but
tourists do. That is who visits Japan from China. During China’s National Day
holiday week from Oct 1, as many as 400,000 tourists from China visited Japan and
spent as much as 100 billion yen, or $830 million in shopping.
What did they buy?
Traditional Japanese kimono or special craft works? No, nothing special. The
most popular items they rushed to buy were commodity goods like toilet seats,
medical drugs, and household items like thermoses, shavers and also some luxury
goods. Some stores went out of stock on certain popular items while others
limited the quantity that each customer could purchase. It’s not hard to assume
that some of the items those Chinese shoppers purchased were made in China.
Why do they come all the
way to Japan and buy such commodity items, even sacrificing the time for
sightseeing? Cultural affection, currency exchange rate and the quality of
Japanese goods seem to be the top attractions for Chinese tourists.
Were there any high
profile party officers or bureaucrats among those tourists?
Enjoy reading and learning
the difference in politics and practices.
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