当国际流行文化遇上中国文艺游客

In the first 11 months of 2013, more than 4 million Chinese tourists visited South Korea, a 53% spike from the previous year due to the country easing visa restrictions to allow for freer travel from China.
2013年前11个月，有超过400万名中国人赴韩国游玩，较上年同期增加了53%，原因是韩国放松了签证要求、给予中国游客更多旅行自由。

But Wolfgang Arlt, of Germany's China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, says the popularity of Korean television series and movies have also influenced travelers. Popular series in China include 'The Heirs,' which featured South Korean heartthrob Lee Minho and last year became a huge hit on Youku, the Chinese equivalent of YouTube.
不过，德国研究机构中国出境游研究所(China Outbound Tourism Research Institute)的Wolfgang Arlt说，韩剧、韩国电影的热播也起到了拉拢游客的作用。去年由韩星李敏镐(Lee Minho)主演的热门韩剧《继承者们》(The Heirs)在中国视频网站优酷网(Youku)人气爆棚。

MAURITIUS
毛里求斯

Thailand became a major destination for the Chinese in 2013, thanks in large part to the 2012 box-office hit ' Lost in Thailand,' a buddy-comedy that smashed box office records. The tiny island country of Mauritius hopes it can similar buzz when the movie 'Five Minutes to Tomorrow' is released later this year. A China-Japan co-production, the movie is about identical twin sisters who fall in love with the same man. In the first 10 months of 2013, more than 34,000 Chinese visited the country, an increase of 99% from the previous year. Mauritian tourist authorities hope the movie can spur 100,000 Chinese visitors 'in the foreseeable future.'
2013年泰国成了中国观光客眼中的大热旅游地，一定程度上应当感谢2012年的叫座影片《泰囧》(Lost in Thailand)，这部“兄弟喜剧”不断冲刷着票房纪录。有了这样的榜样，弹丸岛国毛里求斯希望今年晚些时候上映的中日合拍片《深夜前的五分钟》(Five Minutes to Tomorrow)也能带给它好运。这部影片讲述的是一对同卵双胞胎姐妹爱上同一个男人的故事。2013年前10个月，超过3.4万中国游客来到这个国家观光，较上年同期高出99%。毛里求斯旅游业部门希望这部影片在可预见的未来吸引10万中国人到此一游。

EUROPE AND THE U.S.
欧洲和美国

The U.S., U.K., France and Germany remain the most frequented destinations for Chinese who travel to the West, but the sights they flock to within those countries often are unique to Chinese culture. For instance, Karl Marx's birthplace in Trier, Germany, has long been a pilgrimage spot, while a willow tree in Cambridge, England, is a must-visit for bus tourists because of a well-known poem by Xu Zhimo, who studied at the city's famed university in the 1920s.
美国、英国、法国和德国仍是中国人西行时最常去的地方。但是，游客们来这些国家时爱去的景点通常与中国有着独特的瓜葛。比如，马克思(Karl Marx)的出生地德国特里尔就一直是中国人的圣地。再比如，英国剑桥的一株柳树也被搭乘巴士游英伦的中国游客们奉为必看之物，因为上世纪20年代诗人徐志摩曾经在剑桥大学求学并写下了著名诗篇《再别康桥》，诗中就描绘过这株“河畔的金柳”。

'It's like a parallel universe,' said Mr. Brennan in Los Angeles. 'Pop culture comes up again and again when we do our research. But the Chinese interpretation is always different.'
前文提到的Brennan说，这就像是一个平行宇宙。在我们做研究的过程中，这种流行文化一再进入我们的视野，但中国人的解读总是和我们不一样。