CHINA WARNS CITIZENS AGAINST US TRAVEL: 'SHOOTING, ROBBERY AND THEFT ARE FREQUENT'
The
Chinese Embassy in Washington published the statement on their
website
3
July, 2018
The
Chinese Embassy in Washington has published a statement warning its
citizens about the dangers of travelling to the United States.
The
statement, which was posted on the Embassy’s official website,
warns travellers to the US that “shooting, robbery, and theft are
frequent” and that tourists should “be alert to suspicious people
around you.” Travellers were also advised to avoid going out alone
at night.
Summer
natural disasters and the high cost of medical expenses were also
highlighted as risk factors.
The
declaration also stated that “American public security is not
sufficient.”
Concerns
about gun violence are not new. Following the shooting of a student
in Arizona in 2016, the same Embassy instructed Chinese tourists to
avoid “crime scenes and tough neighbourhoods”.
A
2015 report also ranked the US second in the world behind Yemen for
the highest rate of mass shootings.
Nearly
three million Chinese tourists visited the US in 2016. Since 2012,
there have been more Chinese tourists travelling abroad than any
other nation. The Chinese also spend more money while travelling than
those from other countries.
Since
President Trump introduced a travel ban from seven predominantly
Muslim countries – Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria
and Yemen – visitors to the US have declined significantly, a
phenomenon widely described as the Trump Slump.
Some
commentators have argued that this is not entirely due to a
tightening of borders, but a reflection on the decreasing value of
the pound and the euro against the dollar, making the US a more
expensive destination to visit.
Travel
Weekly reported that ForwardKeys, a firm of travel statisticians, had
announced a 6.5 per cent drop for inbound bookings to the US in the
period between President Trump announcing his first travel ban and
the federal judge’s initial temporary blockage.
Flight
searches for trips to the US from all international locations were
also reported to be down by 17 per cent.
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