After Hong Kong went into “0 + 3” quarantine, long-time hungry citizens packed their bags to travel abroad, and many young people even launched working holidays. During the “11th Golden Week”, alternative “working holiday” opportunities also appeared on the mainland. A large number of tourists got stuck in Xinjiang due to the “city closures”. The local government ordered that “they remain in Xinjiang to work”. and implemented tourism in local work to build a frontier for the motherland. , it is particularly significant to coincide with the National Day. Seriously, the fact is that during this golden week, 422 million people traveled from the mainland, and even the province of Hainan, which had just “unlocked”, was packed with people, so much so that the province is become “static”. management “after the outbreak of the epidemic, so that passengers are again” squatting “. Why do people still run the risk of being” stuck “from traveling? This only confirms the resilience of tourism, the consumer market and the economy in general of China.
The outbreak is said to have rebounded in Xinjiang during Golden Week and there are nearly 100 confirmed cases every day.Urumqi Local District Party Secretary Tianshan Li Shaozhong, Gaochang District Party Secretary Zhu Jianjun , Shuimogou District Party Secretary Song Bin and other “three district leaders” have been ineffective in fighting the epidemic. fired. At the same time, Xinjiang has implemented “global static staging” since last Tuesday. Most of the buses, trains and planes departing from Xinjiang have been canceled and a large number of tourists during Golden Week are blocked. It is not known when they will be able to go home.
Help stuck people find work and attract netizens to associate
Last Thursday, during a press conference on epidemic prevention and control, Ding Zhijun, head of the Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone, said that stranded foreign tourists may consider “staying in Xinjiang for work.” As soon as this claim came out, he immediately sparked a heated discussion on the internet. At first, many people fear that this means Xinjiang doesn’t know when to “unblock” and the local government has to arrange for tourists to stay and work. Furthermore, Xinjiang, as a frontier of China, has always had a tradition of pioneering. For example, in the 1950s, “eight thousand Hunan women went to the Tianshan Mountains.” In recent years, the so-called “forced labor” has been widespread.
For example, some people have “brain holes” and suspect that Xinjiang’s move is “invitation to the urn”: first the Zhongmen gate is opened to welcome tourists, then it is forbidden to leave Xinjiang and guide them to stay in Xinjiang for employment Types of jobs include grape harvesting and cotton production, in order to fill the labor shortage. There are also network users who have “recreated” this policy. It is said that in addition to working in Xinjiang, tourists will be matched with partners by the local government to help them start a family and start a family. Guys “one-stop service.
Faced with rumors flying across the sky, the Xinjiang government issued a late-night clarification on Saturday (8), stating that some online media “misinterpreted the original meaning (the politics) and caused misunderstanding,” pointing out that government policy is mainly aimed at migrant workers among stranded tourists, collecting their work.If you are interested, you can contact related companies on your behalf to provide job opportunities such as circuit board, welding, cook, wood tiler and so on .
In other words, the Xinjiang government suggests that stranded tourists consider local occupation and are willing to provide assistance, but it is purely for good intentions and is entirely voluntary. It is a moral policy to prevent some tourists from “closing their mouths. “during their stay. . As for other claims on the internet, they are just rumors and nothing to do with it.
In fact, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, during the 7-day vacation during this year’s Golden Week, the number of mainland tourists (including inter-provincial, inter-city and suburban travel) has reached 422 million With the recent resurgence of the epidemic and the “closed and controlled management” in many parts of the country, this figure still holds surprises.
Chinese people flock to travel permits for tourism resilience
Just as Hainan province once “closed the whole province” in August this year, resulting in a large number of summer vacationers staying for more than 7 days and forced to “eat hard” very high hotel taxes. in prison. “Unexpectedly, after a hiatus of less than two months, the scars healed and the pain was forgotten. Hainan province again this year ushered in a lively scene during the Golden Week of 11 November, with a total of 1.33 million foreign tourists. The most unfortunate thing is that the epidemic broke out again in Hainan province during Golden Week: Haikou, the provincial capital, started a temporary management of the global static, which once again caused the blocking of a large number of tourists.
In addition to Xinjiang and Hainan, tourist destinations such as Yunnan, Sichuan and Guangxi were also full of people during the Golden Week. Many passengers also encountered “spotting” and many hard-fought supporters shouted. Xishuangbanna Airport has even sent “gun-toting great whites” to stop passengers from protesting.
It is worth noting that now everyone knows that local governments on the mainland are often closing cities for “dynamic eviction”. Golden Week 422 million passengers are willing to take risks?
After all, like the people of Hong Kong, they have been “traveling hungry” for 3 years, and even the people on the mainland are perplexed and helpless. In addition, many of them have experienced long-term lockdowns in the cities they live in. It is rare to have a 7 day vacation during Golden Week. . Furthermore, as the author pointed out in the article “The Chinese Are Getting Richer,” average savings on mainland personal bank accounts increased by about 10,000 yuan in the first half of this year, an unprecedented increase. This shows that despite the epidemic having hit the economy hard, the Chinese have always “loved to save money”. Many people have wealth and the ability to spend. The only question is whether they have the opportunity. It’s no exaggeration to spend thousands of yuan on a trip during Golden Week, but I didn’t expect to step on the lightning.
This also highlights that the Chinese consumer market and the economy in general have always been resilient. If “excessive epidemic prevention” and wholesale sales of national new crown medicines can be avoided in the coming months, the measures of closure and control will be gradually lightened, so that people can regain confidence in the future. The outbreak of “retaliatory consumption”. At that moment, the provinces and cities can initiate a real “Domestic Work Vacation” policy to attract young people to travel and work in different provinces. If you enjoy yourself, you may want to settle, stimulate consumption and integrate the population and increase the workforce. If the Hong Kong government wants to “steal talent”, it could try to expand the “tourist vacation” measures.
