guess, my friend, where i am? i m in xi an. using social media, he is back as a tour guide for all those who can t travel here. i am very happy today, i am on the city wall. in this way, he keeps his hand in and makes a little bit of money. wow, it s really amazing! 0ther tour guides seem to have given up altogether and decided to do something else. why have you not given up? because i have a very good, very strong faith that international tourism can recover and we will have a very bright future. so this is my faith. this is why i don t change my mind. xi an s muslim quarter is said to date back to the tang dynasty.
out by zero covid. the thing you have to be aware of when you are travelling in china at the moment is that when you visit a place, cases can suddenly emerge and your phone app health code will change colour. you can t leave again until it s green. who knows how long that will take? we ve arrived in xi an, let s hope that doesn t happen. so, on arrival we have to scan a new local health code and then do a pcr test before we can even leave the station.
xi an is one of the most famous places in china. since the days of the silk road it has been an engine for inland china s economy. this ancient capital is a popular place for tourists because you don t have to look far to see the remnants of its former glory. it has also had several stay at home covid lockdowns, one keeping 13 million people indoors for a month. other cities, like if you went to. addison sun used his english language skills to become a tour guide here, specialising in the international market. here we are.
then came the coronavirus. just generally speaking, how damaging for the tourism industry in xi an has the pandemic been? well, for the international tourism, 100%. killed it? yes, yes. because no one could come to china, come to china, come to xi an. ancient sites, once packed with travellers, became only sparsely covered with local tourists. at times, they ve been empty. and there has been no work for addison sun. no income. this is my lowest point and as a man, i can t do anything. you had no money coming in at all?