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Opinion / Op-Ed Contributors

Needless fuss over tourists' preference for toilets

By Li Yang (China Daily) Updated: 2015-11-21 09:48

Many medical experts still believe that squat toilets make bowel movement and relieving easier and more complete, and prevent fecal stagnation better than commodes. Moreover, squat toilets protect the nerves that control the prostate, bladder and uterus from overstretching and damage.

Some Western tourists complain about the squat toilets in China as if they are a symbol of backwardness even if they are clean and dry. But unlike such Westerners, an increasing number of Chinese are comfortable with both types of toilets. The only thing they are bothered about is the hygienic condition of public toilets.

Japan was the most popular destination for Chinese tourists last year. And more than 5 million Chinese have already visited Japan this year, double the number of last year, despite the diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Tokyo over the dispute in the East China Sea. But few Chinese tourists have been accused of squatting on Western-style toilets in Japan, because public toilets in that country are invariably spotless and provide users with sufficient means and materials to sterilize the toilet seats.

More than 120 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad, spending nearly $200 billion, this year. The two figures have shown an annual increase of about 12 percent in recent years.

If developed countries and regions are really concerned about catering to people from China, the largest single source of tourists in the world, they have to improve the hygienic condition of their public lavatories and equip them with some squat toilets, especially in places frequented by Chinese tourists in large numbers.

Such services are an important aspect of a place's attraction. If Chinese tourists find clean squat toilets along with equally clean Western-style toilets in a place, they would develop a special liking for the place and its people.

That Hong Kong, which used to be the most popular destination for mainland tourists, has seen a 50 percent decline in the number of visitors from the mainland this year because of a poorly-regulated tourism market and worsening travel experiences should serve as a lesson for other tourist destinations favored by mainland tourists.

The author is a writer with China Daily. liyang@chinadaily.com.cn

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