Tourism In Shanghai Essay

China is the leading country in the world regarding to its GDP and the economy. It is also known to be the most-visited countries. Shanghai, as the center of finance in China, the rate of tourism and expats is high, although it is noticeable that it had been decreasing since the last few years. The level of tourism has declined since the last time that Shanghai’s air quality had refreshed its record. Frano Llic of travel agency in Germany said, “Tourists have been put off by reports about smog and others problems”. And the percentage of customers that has been booking to China has decreased by 16 percent in the year of 2014. For now, it is considered short-term loss of percentage of money that is often gained through the approach of tourists;

It is very noticeable that the slowdown of the arrival of tourists started in the year of 2012. The cause to this is due to the high rate of air quality, when the PM2.5 reached 300 (Real Time 2013). Tourists started to take into account the weather and air condition in Shanghai before booking the travel. Not only tourist had a slowdown, but also the amount of expats coming to Shanghai. A decline in the number of expats means that there are less people coming to Shanghai looking for a job, and staying permanently in Shanghai. This will result a slowdown in the economy, as less countries will be trading with China as less foreigners come and work to contribute to the

The level of air pollution in Shanghai is very bad as the red line is much more above the blue line, especially in the mid-day, where it rises a lot. This is bad because it is known that smoking is harmful for the health of people, and thus, a higher pollution than the smoking pollution, it means that the air pollution is even more harmful to human body. This statistics is going to influence a lot the level of tourism in Shanghai because if this is shown in the travel agents or guides, tourists will not consider Shanghai a healthy place to