منزل لبيجين لعبة أولمبيّة
أبريل - نيسان 18, 2008
منزل لبيجين لعبة أولمبيّة
عندما وصل يعقوب كنديّة [كوك] أولى في الصين أربعة سنون [أغو], هو عانى من يعرف جدّا بعض صينيّة.
هو أسّس هو يصعب أن ينجز مهام بسيطة [ديلي ليف], مثل يأمر طعام في مطاعم ويستعمل نقل عامّة.
"حاول أنا يفتّش خدمة [هومستي], غير أنّ استطاع لم يجد واحدة," قال ال 29 [ير-ولد].
بدا قليل من الناس أن حتّى عرفت ماذا [هومستي] كان بعد ذلك.
غير أنّ سيواجه أجنبيات الذي يخطّط على يأتي إلى بيجين لاللعبة أولمبيّة في أغسطس - آب حالة مختلفة تماما.
سيحصل زائرات الآن أكثر من 490,000 نتيجات صحيحة ب يطبع "بيجين [هومستي]" على إنترنت [سرش نجن] [غوغل] فحسب, بما في ذلك خطوات إلى موقعات الفردات يقدّم تكييف أثناء اللعب وأخرى مداخل أنّ يدّعي أن يساعد زائرات حصلت في لمس مع ال يصحّ مضيفات.
واحدة هذا خطوة www.homestaybeijing2008.com. أطلق [بيت] [بوس] من هولندا الموقعة [لست ر], أيّ يتلقّى منذ ذلك الحين يساعد زائرات يأتي لللعب احتياطي 15 من ال 400 منازل يقدّم بالخدمة, وفقا ل مارس - آذار إصدار من مجلة إنجليزيّ اللغة [أوربن].
[بوس] قال المالكات ومحتلات الذي يؤجّر خارجا هم مركزيّا يحدّد شقق من خلال موقعته إلى الزائرات أنّ هم استطاع توقّعت أن يجعل على الأقلّ 700 [يون] ($100) لكلّ يوم لكلّ ضيفة, [أوربن] يفاد.
ينتقي الهولندية بشكل تقريريّ شقق ل يعدّ وفقا ل قربهم إلى أولمبيّة, يتسوّق وترفيه مكان حادث ومطاعم, [أس ولّ س] النوعية من تسهيلاتهم.
قد أعطى آخر موقعة يزوّد هذا خدمات, www.olymhomtel.com, وعود مماثلة إلى الرأس مال مالكات ومقيمات.
"ليس ال [بريس لفل] مجنونة," [دونغ] [إكسيوقينغ], 28 [ير-ولد] إمرأة صينيّة الذي يكون [إين شرج وف] الموقعة, يقال الصين كلّ.
"هو السوق أنّ قد قرّر السعر. ال `أولمبيّة' سعر من يصان شقة [كلوس تو] مكان حادث كبريات استطاع كنت استأجرت خارجا في سعر خمسة [تو] ثمانية أوقات معدله عاديّة."
On her website, a 53-sq-m, one-bed serviced apartment near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, goes for 1,700 yuan for a day in August, about half of the monthly rent of one unit in ordinary times.
Attracted by the potential of such high profits, the two-year-old website - which does not require its landlords to speak English as the Dutchman Bos does - has attracted close to 10,000 Chinese landlords signing up for the scheme.
“We prefer serviced apartments that were built after 2001. If customers show interest in an apartment, we will send people to the door to make sure the apartment is up to mark,” she said.
Dong said she was optimistic of the homestay business because of its advantage of lower costs compared with hotels.
A standard room at high-end hotels such as the Hilton reportedly costs 6,000 yuan, plus a 15 percent service charge, for a day in August.
Even at budget hotels such as Super 8, a standard room costs 2,100 yuan a day, nearly eight times the normal price.
Though the prices are not higher than those of several former Olympic host cities, it is still said to be beyond many visitors’ expectations for prices in China, a country seen as having impressed many foreigners with its cheap and affordable products.
Rindge Leaphart, an American who plans on coming to Beijing for the Olympics, told Urbane that he felt frustrated by the high costs in Beijing.
He called the hotel prices “a rip-off”, and turned to the Internet to find a homestay for his trip. He finally reserved an apartment at $400 a day through Bos’ website, believing it to be a bargain compared to hotels.
Close to 100 apartments offered by Dong Xiaoqing’s services have also been reserved by Olympic visitors, Dong said.
Her clients include domestic and foreign visitors. But most are Chinese who believed that the price of 500 to 800 yuan per room per day in August was acceptable, she said.
Both Dong and Bos expect demand for such accommodation to pick up in the following months.
Cooke, the Canadian who could not find a homestay option in 2004, later started a website offering rent-free homestays.
His program, offered on www.Chinahomestay.org, arranges for foreigner visitors to put up with a Chinese family.
The scheme charges each visitor 640 euros ($1,016) for a four-week homestay with a Chinese family in August, which works out to about $34 a day.
The fee covers accommodation, free airport pickup and at least one meal a day. The homestaying visitor will live in a furnished room with Internet connection. The Chinese host is required to have at least one family member who can speak their guest’s language.
Cooke said the program has attracted at least 175 foreigners.
Some say such homestay serves as a win-win situation, as Chinese families get the chance to practice English and make friends with people from different countries.
Cooke’s program has also attracted more than 300 Chinese families applying as hosts.
Yuan Xiaoqing, 43, a former biochemical college teacher, has a 500-sq-m house in the northwestern corner of Beijing, with at least five spare rooms.
She will be hosting visitors during the Games under Cooke’s scheme.
“I’m offering a homestay not just for the money. I want to have foreign friends who can better understand how Chinese people live and know about our culture,” she said. “There are prejudices and biases that need to be removed through such communication.”
[original article at People's Daily Online]