Chinese tourism is vital to Brand Britain, says Mark Henderson, chairman of the London Luxury Quarter, a trade body.

Chinese tourists became the world's biggest travel spenders in 2012, when outlays on outbound travel swelled to$ 102 billion, up 40% from 2011, according to the most recent annual figures from the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

联合国世界旅游组织（United Nations World Tourism Organization）的最近数据显示，中国游客2012年出境游支出跃居全球首位，达到1020亿美元，较2011年增加40%。

Last month, Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, announced an £ 8m marketing strategy to treble the number of Chinese visitors to the UK by 2015.

上月，英国文化大臣杰里米亨特（Jeremy Hunt）公布了一项800万英镑的营销战略，旨在到2015年将访英中国游客数量增至目前水平的三倍。

Backes& Strauss, a diamond watch specialist, has not yet focused its marketing on Chinese visitors. But it awaits visa changes with interest.

钻石手表专营商Backes&Strauss并未将其营销重心放在中国游客上，但它颇为关注签证政策的变化。

Mainlanders" visits to South Korea also soared, up 58 per cent to 516787 last month against the year before, according to the Korea Tourism Organisation.

赴韩国旅游人数也同样飙涨，根据韩国旅游发展局（Korea Tourism Organisation）的数据，上月赴韩旅游的中国游客人数达到516787人，同比增长58%。

Both Japan and South Korea see Chinese tourists as a major powerhouse to drive up their economies.

日本和韩国都将中国游客视为经济增长的主要动力。

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.

日本国家旅游局（Japan National Tourist Organisation）今年初表示，前往日本旅游的中国游客数量增长迅速，去年达到140万人，较2009年的100万出头有明显增长。

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。