2015年海南省翻译大赛英汉翻译初赛试题.doc

Respectful ambassadors, guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, Good morning! It is a great pleasure to meet you here in London, a picturesque metropolitan city, in such a pleasant autumn and at this beautiful moment for Hainan Travel Tourism Development Potential 2011- 2021. On behalf of Hainan provincial government, its 8.75 million people and the province-wide tourism sector, I would like to extend to you my sincere greetings. Today, with the presence of WTTC, the authoritative tourism organisation in the world, we are holding this press conference to brief the international community, especially our British friends about the recent achievements we have made in tourism development in Hainan. Hainan is fully geared for you our British friends to taste its tropical beach holiday-making resources, primeval forest, SPA and rich local customs. In 2011, tourists from Britain reached 8, 359 person-visits, a 30.67% increase over the same period of the year before. This year, however, due to the impact of European debt crisis, the number of tourists from Britain is decreasing slightly. Figures from Hainan Tourism Committee show that from January to July this year, the number of tourists from Britain stands at 3,409 person-visits, a 33.96% decrease compared with that of last year. Nevertheless, input from Britain to Hainan tourism market enjoys a great potential, Hainan cherishes this entry and will take various measures to revive this market. At the beginning of 2010, we have decided to write Hainan Tourism Economy Report jointly with the WT TC. In the past two years, the WTTC has made study tours and done a great deal of researches. After repeated revisions and perfections, we have come up with this forward-looking and directory fruit. Study jointly conducted by the WTTC and Oxford Economics Research Institute shows that tourism has made great contribution to economic growth in the past few years and it is expected that this momentum will continue. Growth rate from tour