What are motivations for Koreans, Japanese and Chinese to travel and tour North America (Canada & America)?
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July 23rd, 2011
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Question by Lily: What are motivations for Koreans, Japanese and Chinese to travel and tour North America (Canada & America)?
I’m performing a investigation paper on motivations for Asian travel to North America. If you are part of this ethnicity please contribute!! 
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Answer by ravin_lunatic
Simply because they CAN! They apparently have much more funds than us who live here. America is a special nation. Americans are a unique breed….born in freedom and safe from the outside planet (the moment upon a time) and there a Lot of landmarks right here ppl would enjoy to see! The Grand Canyon, Las Vegas (not as well impressive to my UK buddies) and even the Hoover Dam! Not to mention the town I reside in! lol
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Jul 23rd, 2011 at 9:07 pm
I know nothing of Korean, and little of Chinese travellers. However, it is my understanding that the Japanese do not take annual trips like many in North America would. They tend to save up, and then every 10 years or so, make an extravagant holiday, picking an exotic place and doing everything that can be done, and staying in top places while they do it. If you have travelled to any top tourist spot in Canada (Banff, Niagara Falls, etc.) you can see them, busily clicking away on their cameras, and on a schedule – they might visit a museum for 20 minutes, while I am there for 2-3 hours. I have seen this a lot.
Another thing they like to do is see the Northern Lights. They have a believe that a child conceived under the Northern Lights is lucky. So, they come to the North (Yukon, and NWT in particular) to, ummmm, “do what’s natural” when the Northern Lights are out.
I suspect Canada and the US are picked because of the English language, which many Japanese know at least some of (I imagine the same for Korean and Chinese visitors), whereas Europe has many different languages. There are also places with high concentrations of Japanese tourists that have signs and such in Japanese. I have seen this in Prince Edward Island (they love Anne of Green Gables, apparently), and Banff, amongst other places.
Jul 23rd, 2011 at 9:14 pm
It’s almost like a social requirement.
If you haven’t been to places like New York, Niagara Falls, and all the other places with the most famous tourist destinations, then that kind of sucks.
It’s like you are ignorant of the world, and people who go there are envied. That’s a lot of people go if they can afford it.