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巴黎,中国游客幻灭的浪漫  

PARIS — Before arriving in the French capital
Wu Shuyun
a 56-year-old Chinese housewife
imagined Paris to be like a pristine film set for a romantic love story
picturing herself as a glamorous princess surrounded by elegant Parisians
decked out
perhaps
in Chanel.
Instead
Ms. Wu from Kunming in southwest China
said she was shocked by the cigarette butts and dog manure
the rude insouciance of the locals and the gratuitous public displays of affection. Though friends had warned her about thieves targeting Chinese people
she said she was nevertheless surprised when a member of her tour group was mugged on a packed Metro car
as other riders watched.
"For the Chinese
France has always been romantic
mysterious and desirable. We have been told that ‘God lives in France
' " she said recently after a o-week tour that included stops at the Eiffel Tower and Galeries Lafayette
an imposing
upscale department store with stained-glass domes where tour buses stop hourly to deposit tourists for marathon shopping sessions. "Once I realized that the Parisians were indifferent
I made the decision: Try to make the most of this trip
but never e back to Paris again."
“对我们这些中国人而言，法国一直是一个浪漫、神祕、令人向往的国度。我们听说‘法国人过着神仙般的日子'。但在认识到巴黎人的冷漠之后，我立刻做了一个决定：要好好享受这次旅程，但我再也不会来巴黎了。”吴素云不久前说这话时，已经结束了为期两个礼拜的巴黎之旅。这趟旅程的停靠站包含了埃菲尔铁塔和老佛爷百货商场(Galeries Lafayette)——后者是一家宏伟的高档百货商场，有着彩色玻璃穹顶，旅行团的巴士常常在此停留，让游客们进行马拉松式的购物血拼。
A growing number of Chinese tourists in Paris — armed with wads of cash
typically unable to speak French and still somewhat na?ve about the ways of the West after decades of China's relative isolation — are falling victim to their unrealistic expectations of the city
while also being victimized by brazen thieves who target them because they are easily identifiable as Asian
Chinese tourism industry officials here say.
Alarm that Chinese tourists are at risk from bandits is so acute that the Chinese government recently considered sending police officers to Paris to help protect them. Paris tourism officials said the proposal was shelved amid concerns over how they would operate.
The French capital — celebrated for its beauty
culture and savoir faire — still retains huge allure
making it the No. 1 destination in Europe for China's burgeoning middle class and growing legion of millionaires
according to the European Federation of Chinese Tourism. Nearly one million Chinese tourists came to Paris last year
according to the Paris Tourism Office
spending more than one billion euros on everything from Cartier watches to meals at Michelin-starred restaurants
and outspending both Japanese and Americans on shopping. Now
however
Paris's glittering image in China is losing its luster amid reports of robberies of Chinese tourists
according to Chinese newspapers and social media.
A group of 75 French luxury brands
including Louis Vuitton
Chanel and Hermès
warned last year that high-spending Chinese tourists fearful for their safety could choose to go to Italy or Britain instead. Concerns about the consequences for the country's vaunted tourism industry have intensified as the French economy has stagnated.
According to the Paris-based European Federation of Chinese Tourism
which represents 30 Travel agencies catering to Chinese tourists
the number of group tours ing to the French capital has fallen 20 percent so far this year pared with 2013. The Paris Tourism Office said that a 21 percent jump in the number of Chinese tourists last year had nearly halved in 2014.
Chinese nerves were already frayed after a group of 23 Chinese on a tour of Europe were attacked in March of last year in the gritty northern suburbs of Paris just hours after they landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The group leader was injured
and the thieves fled with 7
500 euros — about $9
600 — passports and plane tickets.
After six Chinese students studying winemaking were mugged in Bordeaux three months later
Beijing demanded that the French government take action.
Pierre Shi
secretary general of the European Federation of Chinese Tourism
said Chinese visitors were being preyed upon because they were known to carry large amounts of cash to avoid paying multiple currency exchange fees. Bargain-seeking Chinese tour operators were also booking hotels in Paris's northern suburbs.
"Chinese tourists are attracted to Paris by the glamour
by the desire to buy designer brands
by an image of France as a country of philosophers and revolution
" said Mr. Shi
who runs his own travel agency
ID Travel Pro. "But now
they are afraid to e. Before
they wouldn't think ice."
Psychologists warned that Chinese tourists shaken by thieves and dashed expectations were at risk for Paris Syndrome
a condition in which foreigners suffer depression
anxiety
feelings of persecution and even hallucinations when their rosy images of Champagne
majestic architecture and Mo are upended by the stresses of a city whose natives are also known for being among the unhappiest people on the pla.
The expression was first coined 30 years ago by a Paris-based Japanese psychiatrist
Hiroaki Ota
after several Japanese visitors to Paris fell ill when their culture of politeness and reserve rubbed up against Gallic haughtiness.
Dr. Ota said in an interview in his office that because China had been closed off to the West for so long
some Chinese travelers could be at risk for culture shock and depression when faced with the harsher realities of a city they had over-idealized. But he noted that the Chinese were less susceptible to Paris Syndrome than the Japanese
since they were fortified by a directness and an outsize sense of self that was similar to the French.
"Whereas Japanese are reserved
polite and formal
the Chinese have a strong sense of national pride like the French
and they are not shy
" he said.
Thomas Deschamps
the head of research at the Paris Tourism Office
said culture shock was particularly prevalent among travelers from Asia
who sometimes wrongly perceived the French capital as a museum.
"They watch movies like ‘Amélie Poulain'; they think all Parisians carry Louis Vuitton purses and smell like Dior
" he said. "They don't know about the working-class suburbs
the overworked waiters
the grittier parts of the city. Paris is not a museum. People are busy
they are stressed
they are living their lives."
To help protect and reassure Chinese tourists
Mr. Deschamps said
the city has beefed up security at popular sites like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre
while instituting warnings in Mandarin to be vigilant against pickpockets on the Paris Metro.
The Paris police have also introduced plaint forms in Chinese.
Meanwhile
the tourism industry has redoubled its efforts to be more culturally sensitive. An online guide for hotels and businesses produced by the Chamber of Commerce for Tourism in Paris notes that for visiting Chinese
a "simple smile and hello in their language will plainly please them."
While thieves and Gallic aloofness could be a hazard
some Chinese in Paris said they deserved some of the blame for the French reactions they sometimes provoked.
"The Chinese are used to spitting. We are used to snapping our fingers to get attention
or even yelling
" said Mr. Shi
the Chinese travel agency federation chief. "But if you do that with a French waiter
they will ignore you even more."