Chinese tourists face the Japanese APA hotel: the number of guests can be counted over

Chinese tourists face the Japanese APA hotel: the number of guests can be counted over


"A few months later, people will forget what happened, will only remember the hotel name, when we can also rely on visibility to make money." Remember the APA Group CEO Yuan Guwang Zhixiong said these words? In mid-January, the "Global Times" reporter first disclosed the Japanese APA chain hotel's right-wing background, then Yuan Gu to the outside world response, never withdraw from the controversial right-wing books, and even boasted that this will bring the hotel more turnover The What happened to APA hotels in the past two months? Is there a lot of customers like Yuan Gu said?
"Global Times" reporter 6 days through the APA Group official website contact window, asked the last two months the guests stay. APA Group Tokyo headquarters secretary of the 7th in writing to respond to reporters, saying "APA hotel in January, February turnover and labor efficiency are hit a new high." In response to questions about the situation of Chinese guests, the other party said, "inconvenience to answer the number of households by country." At the same time, APA also said that there is no special measures to retain the Chinese guests, the future will not withdraw the book.
"Innovation high" one bye it? In addition to asking APA Group headquarters, the "Global Times" reporter in accordance with the order from north to south, Japan's Hokkaido, Aomori, Miyagi, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Fukuoka and Okinawa and other places Of the 20 APA hotels for telephone interviews. The interview process is not smooth, APA hotel staff heard a reporter's identity, are very alert. In the contact of the 20 stores, only seven answered the reporter's question. Another 13, nine asked reporters to contact the headquarters, four were "no data" "business secrets" "busy" "responsible person is not" refused to accept the interview.
Although the process is not smooth, but the "Global Times" reporter or in the interview was informed of some of the situation. It is understood that, APA hotel right-wing background exposure, the number of guests stay in China has indeed reduced, not only lost orders from the Chinese tour group, and even the number of free guests in China, "can count." APA hotel staff told reporters that now only occasionally saw one or two Chinese guests. An APA hotel staff at Miyagi said it was estimated that Chinese guests accounted for less than 1% of the total number of customers. In Osaka, where foreign tourists are more, the proportion is about 10%, according to the relevant staff. Right-wing background exposure, APA hotel foreign customers accounted for about 40%, of which half of the tourists in China and South Korea.
Beijing Tianping International Travel Service East Third Ring Road Branch General Manager Li Dan 7 days to accept the "Global Times" interview, said the current travel to China in the Chinese tourists, 30% of people choose with the group, the remaining 70% choose free exercise. After the right-wing background exposure, the Chinese tour groups are no longer working with the APA hotel, free travelers are also aware of the hotel's "misdeeds" after the active strike. Li Dan said, "APA is the name of a low price to attract guests, in fact, with its equivalent price, and even more cost-effective hotels abound, such as the East Heng INN, smiling hotel, optional range is very large."
37-year-old Beijing white-collar workers in the end of March plans to visit the Japanese cherry. She told reporters that I heard this season, the Japanese hotel is particularly tense, 3 months ago booked an APA hotel in Tokyo. But saw the Yuan Guwang Zhixiong video, by his hippie smile attitude and big talk nonsense face completely angered. "I immediately canceled the order, and later never consider, can not let these people earn our Chinese hard - earned money.