这些问题都很重要。但如果英国政府的信息页面以及希思罗机场(乃至英国所有入境口岸)的标记都写上“欢迎来英国,除了几桶油漆以及少量电脑工作以外,还需要付出什么代价呢?
The overwhelming majority of those visiting have no intention of committing crimes or usingUK hospitals. They want to do business or have a good time.
绝大多数前往英国的游客无意犯罪或利用英国的医院。他们是为了做生意或者玩的开心。
But these visitors have been lumped with immigrants. I do not object to immigrants; I am one.But large numbers of Britons do. The Conservatives went into the election repeating theircommitment to reduce annual net migration to tens of thousands and they won a majority.
但这些游客被英国政府与移民归为一类。我并不反对移民;我就是一个移民。但很多英国人反对。英国保守党在竞选期间再度承诺将每年净移民数量降至数万人,结果该党赢得了议会多数席位。
But this government is committed to business too — and tourism is one of the UK’s mostimportant. The industry accounted for 9 per cent of gross domestic product and 10 per cent ofemployment in 2013, according to figures cited in a Commons committee report in March.
但英国政府还致力于商业,而旅游业是英国最为重要的行业之一。根据下议院一个委员会3月一份报告所援引的数据,旅游业占英国2013年国内生产总值(GDP)的9%,就业的10%。
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