中国游客提振美国经济

 　　China has overtaken the United States as the largest overseas tourism market. According to the Chinese Tourism Academy, 135 million Chinese people will enjoy their holidays overseas in 2015.

　　Julie Wagner is the executive¹ director of the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau in Los Angeles.

　　She has seen a significant rise in the number of Chinese individual travelers.

　　"When people are coming for the first time they come in a big group, and they want to feel safe and they want to make sure that an expert is there with them helping² guide their trip. But I think as people get more and more familiar and they talk about the United States and they talk about Beverly Hills, I think that individual travelers, I think that the number is growing. And so we are starting to see a lot more small family groups coming instead of big giant groups."

　　Several countries, including the United States, have simplified the visa application process in order to attract more Chinese visitors.

　　中国游客提振美国经济

　　The US government has extended tourist visa to Chinese people from one year to 10 years, which means Chinese tourists are allowed multiple entries to the country.

　　After the first trip, which is usually focused on sight-seeing, Chinese tourists will have more chances to re-visit the United States either for shopping or recreation.

　　Julie Wagner adds that US enterprises³ have adapted their services to meet the demands of Chinese visitors.

　　"You know we love the Chinese, We love welcoming them here and we have done everything we can to be, what we call 'China ready,' to make sure that Chinese tourists that are coming here feel comfortable, they can use their Union Pay cards, people speak the language and its easy for them."

　　When Chinese holidays such as the Spring Festival arrive, various sales and celebrations take place simultaneously⁴ in the United States.

　　Becca Willcox is the activities and communications manager of Tysons Corner Center, the largest mall in the Washington D.C. area.

　　"One of my colleagues said that we should start celebrating the Chinese New Year. We have such a dense⁵ population of Chinese-Americans and Chinese visitors that come in here, so let's celebrate the lunar New Year."

　　The US media has reported that only 4 percent of the Chinese population hold US visas. As China's middle class population grows fast, more and more Chinese families will be able to afford overseas trips, and the number of Chinese visitors to the United States will increase accordingly.

　　Many businesses are expecting increased consumer spending during the Labor⁶ Day holiday which starts on May 1st.

1 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 enterprises   

事业( enterprise的名词复数 )； 事业心； 企[事]业单位； 企业发展

参考例句：

• In capitalist society,big enterprises always try to freeze out the smaller ones. 在资本主义社会，大企业总是千方百计地排挤小企业。
• Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets. 巨大的跨国公司[企业]互相争夺国际市场。

4 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

5 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。