foreign travellers

Opinion | Some of China’s best cultural ambassadors are foreign vloggers

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Opinion | Some of China’s best cultural ambassadors are foreign vloggers

I was impressed that a couple from Britain and Italy, on their YouTube channel, said that people in China completely blew them away because they “never expected anyone could be so lovely, so friendly, so helpful, so welcoming and so patient”, and “so nice”. It was the first time I had seen someone put so … Read more

Cheap sushi in Japan? Not for much longer as businesses charge tourists more than locals

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Cheap sushi in Japan? Not for much longer as businesses charge tourists more than locals

“How can we set the same menu price for local Japanese-speaking people and for foreign tourists, who require special help in English?” said Shogo Yonemitsu, owner of buffet-style seafood restaurant Tamatebako in the bustling Shibuya district in Tokyo. A customer at Tamatebako in Tokyo. The restaurant charges foreign tourists more for the same meal than … Read more