1420.Booming Tourism (5/5)

Qin Shiou sat in front of the car with Winnie and asked, "Is it beautiful?" ”

Winnie smiled sweetly and said, "At least it's interesting, much more interesting than our eve in Winnipeg." ”

The cigarette gun gave the two people the conch boat lamp, Qin Shiou saw that there were words on it, and used the headlights to shine it, and there was a line of words written on the smooth and smooth sides of the conch: May the world be gentle with us, and may God coexist with us forever.

Originally, this lamp had a meaning similar to a blessing lamp, and people came to release it on Christmas Eve, and it was originally intended to pray.

Cameron's crew filmed in the other direction, with multiple scenes around the lake, laying a small makeshift track on which cameras were constantly moving around like trains.

On the pier of Shenbao Lake, Leonardo was talking to the heroine, looking at the two of them putting the boat lights together, Qin Shiou scratched his arm and muttered: "Shet, this movie must hit the street!" A disaster movie is not a literary film, why is it made with this virtue? ”

Winnie said, "You're so stupid, do you think they're going to release everything they shoot?" Of course not! There is also editing in the later stage, and many unsuitable shots will be cut. ”

Qin Shiou recognizes this, this is common sense in the movie, but he doesn't want to discuss this, it's a bad thing.

Hugging his wife and daughter, Qin Shiou took out his mobile phone and recorded this night with a crazy selfie.

The next day is Christmas Eve, and the town is in the mood for Christmas, with shops lining the streets playing Christmas carols and other songs day and night.

The shops in the town had a low-price sale, and they had a month's worth of stock, and they were thrown out in these two days. When Qin Shiou drove to the town to buy bells, he heard loudspeakers in front of several shops shouting in Chinese such things as 'jumping off the building for sale, there are invoices'.

Rely on tourism. The development of the town is thriving, and Qin Shiou remembers that he has seen a copy of Weinie's information. Say goodbye to the town, and the GDP per capita for three quarters of this year has been in the top three of all Newfoundland towns!

Now there are not only Chinese tourists coming to the town, but also American tourists and tourists from other parts of Asia.

The reason for this is not only the fame of Farewell Island's paradise back garden, but also the weakness of the Canadian dollar.

The weakness of the Canadian dollar means that the Canadian dollar has weakened its foreign exchange rate, which was above 90 cents last summer, fell to 85 cents in January this year, and then fell all the way down to around 80 cents in June, and now it has fallen to 76 cents.

These two years. Canada's economic situation is getting worse and worse, which is directly related to the weakness of the Canadian dollar, and many industries, especially manufacturing, have suffered a lot of losses.

However, there are some industries that are different, and they happen to be booming with the weakening of the Canadian dollar, such as the export industry, and then the tourism industry.

It's easy to see why, as one dollar used to be worth about $1.2 and you could buy two Canadian lollipops. Now it can be exchanged for 1.4 Canadian dollars, and in addition to buying two lollipops, you can also add a piece of chewing gum, so the export industry has become booming.

In the past, U.S. tourists could exchange $12,000 for $12,000. Now it's 14,000 Canadian dollars, and for the same 10,000 dollars, you can enjoy an extra 2,000 Canadian dollars.

As for inflation? They don't think about this. Because most of them have never been to Canada before, they don't know how much prices have changed. They know they're getting more Canadian dollars in exchange.

The "cheap" Canadian dollar is attractive to tourists, who believe that it has become cheaper to spend a holiday in Canada. Naturally, it will come uninvited.

Qin Shiou looked at the data released by Statistics Canada, the number of American tourists to Canada in October reached 1.9 million, the highest "monthly visit" in seven years, an increase of 3.3% from September.

Farewell Island took advantage of the opportunity to attract some tourists, and after Winnie came to power, the town developed activities such as horse-drawn carriage retro sightseeing, whale watching and dolphin watching, which also appealed to American tourists.

For these tourists, the favorite of Farewell Town is still Chinese tourists, and the advantage of American tourists is that they are generous, and they give higher tips, often as high as 20%.

In contrast, many tourists from China and other parts of Asia do not have this habit, and even if they tip, they leave a few dollars symbolically, but Chinese tourists have money, and they are willing to spend money, buy souvenirs, and enjoy big meals, which is incomparable to tourists from the United States and other places.

Qin Shiou habitually went to Hughes convenience store to have a cup of coffee, but there was no seat in it, Hughes saw him and called him into the cashier and grinded him a cup of coffee.

"Business is booming, huh?" Qin Shiou asked with a smile when he took the coffee.

Hughes nodded with satisfaction and said, "The tourism market is really great this year, and next year will definitely be better, and it will definitely be better than the year before and last year." ”

Tourism is one of the most sensitive to the exchange rate, this year because of the Canadian dollar exchange rate downturn, has felt that it will become a tourist hotspot for tourists from all over the world, farewell to a small place on the island, the feeling is particularly clear, the second day than the first day to sell a few more doughnuts can be felt.

"Is there any policy to stimulate tourism in the town?" Qin Shiou drank coffee and chatted casually.

Hughes lay down in front of him and said, "Don't tease me, man, you're the mayor's gentleman, don't you know better than we do?" ”

Qin Shiou shook his head and said, "You have to trust the mayor's ethics, she never talks to me about business after she gets home, of course, if she needs my help, it's another matter, she will definitely be the first to bring it up." ”

Hughes laughed, explaining that the town was indeed going to change a bit, starting with the change of ferries after the spring of next year: "Replace them with better boats, like yachts and stuff." ”

"I heard that the town is planning to install whale watching cameras in the sea, which are floating cameras with solar charging panels, and when the time comes, you can install a big screen on the street and you can see the scene in the sea." ”

Qin Shiou said: "That must be beautiful, right?" ”

Hughes smiled: "Of course, I can't wait to see what it was like at that time, oh, I'm going to expand the convenience store a little bit, I bought the shop next door, and I'm going to open it up, what do you think?" ”

Qin Shiou looked at the crowded shelves and said: "It's a good idea now, but be careful that the steps are too big to pull the egg, but then again, this is an opportunity for development, if you don't seize it, then I bet that you will not even be in the mood to jerk off in the future." ”

Hearing this, Hughes laughed, he squeezed his eyes at Qin Shiou, and said, "How is it, have you ever taken a plane after marriage?" ”

Qin Shiou quickly drank the last sip of coffee in the cup, threw away the paper cup and said with a smile: "Goodbye, man, I have to go shopping, I still have a lot of work to do when I go back." (To be continued......)