On Sep 3, 2:19 pm, PeterL wrote:
> there are a number of them. i would go to a travel agent in Chinatown
> and check out some of their offerings.
Do they still have different tours/prices for foreign tourists,
overseas Chinese, returning Chinese, and local Chinese? If so, going
through a Chinatown travel agent might get you into a tour for the
second or third category. The prices may be lower, but the qaulity of
the tour/accomodations/service will be poorer, and your tour guide may
only speak Mandarin. Most Americans would probably prefer amenities
like showers and Western-style toilets.
I know a Chinese man who returned as a tourist with his American
Caucasion wife. They went to see the Great Wall. He thought he was
pretty clever saving money when he went there as a returning Chinese
while she had to pay more as a froeign tourist. One difference was
that her line to get in was less than five minutes long, while his
took almost an hour. After that, he decided to pay the higher fees as
a foreigner.
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