The number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan has been rising rapidly, and increased to1.4m last year from just over1m in2009, the Japan National Tourist Organisation said earlier this year.

According to Global Refund, a company specializing in tax-free shopping for tourists, the Chinese account for 15% of all luxury items purchased in France but less than 2% of its visitors.

据免税购物公司Global Refund统计，在法国，占游客总数不到2%的中国游客消费了15%的奢侈品。

Chinese visitors to the UK and Europe are obliged to apply for two visas: one to visit 26 countries in Europe-known as a Schengen visa-and a second, separate visa for UK entry.

访问英国和欧洲的中国游客必须申请两个签证：一个是可以游览26个欧洲国家的申根签证（Schengen），另一个是入境英国所需的单独签证。

Michael Beer, an aviation analyst at Citigroup in Hong Kong, said that the deadly crashes last year involving Malaysia Airlines "flights MH370 and MH17 and AirAsia Indonesia's QZ8501 had shaken Chinese tourists" confidence in travelling to the region.

花旗集团（Citigroup）常驻香港的航空业分析师迈克尔贝尔（Michael Beer）表示，去年发生的几起致命空难——马来西亚航空公司（Malaysia Airlines）的MH370航班和MH17航班，以及亚航印尼（AirAsia Indonesia）的QZ8501航班——使中国游客有点不敢前往东南亚。

One thing Chinese tourists love, according to Garcia, is a New Orleans staple, Mardi Gras themed parties.

据Garcia说，吸引中国游客的是新奥尔良的主要特色——狂欢节主题派对。

In an effort to streamline the process, Theresa May, home secretary, announced last summer that Chinese tourists would be permitted to use the same website to apply for both a British and a Schengen visa.

为了简化程序，英国内政大臣特雷莎梅（Theresa May）去年夏天宣布，中国游客将可使用同一网站申请英国签证和申根签证。

They are described by Western media as "walking wallets".

西方媒体则把中国游客描述为“行走的钱包”。

At Mandalay Hill's Su Taung Pyar Pagoda, a Chinese visitor makes a ritual cleansing prayer.

在缅甸曼德勒山的Su Taung Pyar宝塔，一名中国游客做清洗的祈祷仪式。

Chinese visitors feel sorry about the crowded subway in Paris.

中国游客对巴黎拥挤的地铁感到遗憾。

In a statement on its blog, Airbnb said outbound bookings from Chinese tourists had risen 700 percent during the past year, making it the company's fastest-growing market of customers booking stays outside their home country.

Airbnb在其博客上发表声明，说在过去一年，中国游客境外订房服务飙升了700%，成为该公司“境外订房”领域增长最快的市场。

In 2012, the UK played host to 179,000 Chinese visitors, who spent a total of&# 163; 300m, according to figures from Visit Britain.

来自英国旅游局（Visit Britain）的数据显示，2012年英国总共接待了17.9万名中国游客，这些游客在英国的消费总额高达3亿英镑。

Delegates claim the bureaucratic application for UK visas, compared with the Schengen visa which grants access to 26 other European countries, is discouraging Chinese tourists and starving the UK economy of billions of pounds of spending power.

代表团声称，比起申根签证（Schengen visa）&这种签证允许获得者进入欧洲其他26国，官僚化的英国签证申请程序让许多中国游客怯步，让英国经济失去几十亿英镑的消费力。

The number of Chinese visitors to the city jumped 182 percent from 2010 to 2013, according to NYC& Company, the city's tourism marketing agency, and New York ranks second as a destination for Chinese travelers in the United States, after Los Angeles.

根据纽约旅游促进机构NYC&Company的数据，从2010年到2013年，来纽约的中国游客跳增182%，纽约成为赴美中国游客的第二大目的地，仅次于洛杉矶。

Chinese tourists are endowed with visa-free travel to this country.

该国对中国游客实行免签。

Uber has struck a deal with Alipay that will allow Chinese travellers to use the online payments platform to request and pay for rides overseas, as the US ride-hailing company seeks a fresh edge in the highly competitive Chinese market.

优步（Uber）与支付宝（Alipay）达成一项协议，允许中国游客在海外使用支付宝叫优步的车并付款。这家美国叫车服务公司试图在竞争激烈的中国市场建立一项新的优势。

The couple, both 66, bought 12 polo shirts& a relatively modest haul.

这对今年都已经66岁的夫妻共买了12件Polo衫，这在中国游客中还算是少的。

Today, Chinese tourists flock to Louis Vuitton on the Champs Elys é es.

如今，中国游客涌向对香榭丽舍大街的路易威登（LV）。

Bargain-seeking Chinese tour operators werealso booking hotels in Paris'northern suburbs. "Chinese tourists are attracted to Paris by the glamour, by thedesire to buy designer brands, by an image of France as acountry of philosophers and revolution," said Shi, who runs his own travel agency, ID Travel Pro.

中国游客为了省钱还住远离市区的酒店里。“中国游客选择来巴黎旅游，是为了体验其独特魅力、购买名家设计产品，了解这个因哲学家和大革命而著名的国家”，“ID Travel Pro”旅行社老板说道。

Buying high-priced rice is not a common practice among Chinese tourists in Japan.

中国游客到日本购买高价大米并非大众行为。

Like many small tourism businesses across Australia, Jet Ski Safaris on Queensland's Gold Coast has a problem-it's not set up to deal with wealthy Chinese visitors.

与澳大利亚很多小型旅游公司一样，位于昆士兰黄金海岸的Jet Ski Safaris公司遇到了一个问题：它没有做好迎接富有的中国游客的准备。

US Customs and Border Protection officials are proposing to ask Chinese visitors to disclose their social media "handles" or other identifiers on common social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

美国海关及边境保卫局官员建议，要求中国游客提交他们在推特、脸书等社交媒体的用户名及其他身份资料。