Chapter 326 The Rise of Tourism
Although more than a month has passed since the end of the Olympic Games, Australasian officials were surprised to find that the number of foreign tourists traveling to and from all regions of Australasia has not decreased, and has even increased over time. , the number is still increasing.
From the end of July when the Olympic Games ended to the end of August now, in just over a month, Australasian customs has registered more than 30,000 European tourists.
This also means that there are currently hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists stranded in Australasia.
Even if there is a contribution from the publicity department in recent times, the growing number of tourists has to make the Australasian government pay attention.
You know, the current intercontinental voyage is still a very luxurious trip for most civilians.
On ships traveling between the two sides of the Atlantic, the price of the most luxurious suites can even reach hundreds of pounds during the peak tourist season.
The most common single room on a cruise ship during the peak tourist season is priced at over fifty pounds, which is simply not affordable for ordinary people.
It is precisely because of such extremely expensive travel costs that there are not so many tourists in this era.
Apart from some middle class people in Europe, only high-ranking officials and capitalists seem to be the only ones who can afford expensive ferry tickets to travel around the world.
Of course, in addition to ships, there is now a new way to travel, and that is by airship.
But for middle-class Europeans, airships remain an elusive mode of transportation.
At present, the airship ticket price remains above one thousand pounds. This figure is more than twenty times the British per capita income. It is an expensive price that the majority of European civilians and middle class cannot even imagine.
According to the current per capita income of major European and American countries, the per capita income of the United States is 346 US dollars (about 69.2 pounds, 138.4 Australian dollars). During the same period, the per capita income of the United Kingdom was only 244 US dollars (about 48.8 pounds, 97.6 Australian dollars), and that of Germany was 184 US dollars. (approximately £36.8, AU$73.6), France’s is US$153 (£30.6, AU$61.2), and Italy’s is US$108 (approximately £21.6, AU$43.2).
Compared with these European countries, Australasia's per capita income has surpassed Italy, but there is still a big gap compared with the established European powers and the United States.
As of now, the per capita income in Australasia is approximately A$49.7, which is approximately £24.85, US$124.25.
If we look at overall strength, Australasia should be the last great power after Britain, Germany, the United States, France, Russia, and Austria, and about the same strength as Italy and the island countries.
Of course, the more mainstream view in Europe now is to regard Australasia as the eighth great power.
The island country that lost British support is recognized as the country with relatively strong military strength after the eight major powers.
In fact, this is also caused by European racism. Theoretically speaking, the comprehensive strength displayed by Australasia may not be comparable to that of island countries.
But after all, Australasia is a real Western country with a completely white population. The major European media and countries don't mind selling face, and directly bypass the island countries and recognize Australasia as the eighth power.
Anyway, the island country is thousands of miles away from Europe. No matter how unhappy the island country is, Europeans don’t have to care about the island country’s mood at all.
It is precisely because Australasia's status as a great power is gradually recognized by European countries and the media, coupled with Australasia's publicity during the Olympic Games and the popularity of global sailing around the world, that Australasia has become more popular in recent times. Over time, it has become a destination of choice for immigrants and a tourist destination comparable to the United States.
In addition, Australasian movies have been gradually broadcast in Europe recently, which has also made European people aware of the various beautiful scenery of Australasia.
Among them is the Gold Coast of Australia, a tourist destination that should have gradually become known and visited by people more than ten years later.
Of course, this stretch of coast now has a brand new name, the Australasian Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast of Australasia (Gold Coast, Australasia) is located on the eastern coast of Australasia. It is a resort that stretches for 42 kilometers and consists of dozens of beautiful beaches.
The reason why this beach is famous is that Arthur took Queen Mary, William and Anna to play happily on this beach in the Australasian summer, that is, in December. Reported in major newspapers.
People come here just to experience the place where the king's family once stayed, and this beach has gradually become a very popular tourist attraction.
The Royal Film Studio used this name to shoot a tourism film to promote Australasia and named it Gold Coast. This made this beach popular in Europe tens of thousands of kilometers away, attracting people Many European tourists.
Sadly, Australasian winter is still three months away.
During this period, tourists who come to Australasia because of the Olympic Games are destined to not be able to see the beautiful Gold Coast.
The territory of Australasia covers almost most of Oceania, so Oceania is also accustomed to being called Australia by many Europeans and Australasians.
In order to claim Australasia's dominance over Oceania, Arthur will naturally not deny this trend. Even some newspapers in Australasia often rewrite Oceania as Australasia when printing news about Oceania. Greater Asia. This has to mention Australasia, the claimed scope of Australasia.
When the French scholar Brosset originally proposed this concept, the literal translation of Australasia was the South of Asia.
This actually means that all the land in the south of Asia can be collectively called Australasia.
Whether in terms of geographical or political divisions, Australasia almost perfectly includes most of Oceania, except for some islands occupied by foreign powers.
As the only independent country in Oceania, Australasia is naturally considered by people to be almost equal to Oceania.
Britain, Germany and France, which have colonies in Oceania, have not responded to Australasia's claim. This has also caused Australia to gradually replace Oceania, which has occurred many times in European news newspapers and has gradually been accepted by the European people.
Because Australasia's per capita income has gradually grown, it is no longer weaker than most European countries.
This has also led to Australasia becoming a good place after the United States in the eyes of many European people.
More importantly, Australasia is a completely white country, and its political system is more easily accepted by immigrants from European monarchies.
In addition, Australasia is also far away from Europe, and there is no need to worry about possible wars in Europe in the future. This also makes Australasia the second choice for immigrants after the United States.
A large number of immigrants coupled with a large number of foreign tourists have made Sydney, a city with a population of more than one million, even more crowded.
Under the decoration of many tourists, Sydney seems to have become a prosperous city that is not weaker than Europe. Coupled with Sydney's busy roads and large number of shops, the city looks modern enough.
We have to admit that the changes brought to mankind by industry and technology are huge. By virtue of their colonial exploitation of the world, Western countries have completely taken the lead in the world in terms of industry and technology.
Arthur would be stunned when looking at the streets of Sydney from time to time, because the current appearance of Sydney was something that the East would only be able to have after nearly a hundred years.
Including Coke, cars, bicycles, traffic lights, etc., products that appear to be modern are actually everywhere in Europe before World War I.
Sydney has even created taxi companies and profit-making parking lots to solve people's car and parking needs.
Since its development, the Benz Automobile Factory has grown to an extremely large scale. Even the Benz Automobile Factory in Australasia has more than 10,000 workers and an annual output of more than 100,000 cars.
More than nine years have passed since the launch of Benz automobiles. According to the sales results compiled by several major Benz automobile factories, it is expected that the total sales volume will officially exceed 4 million vehicles before 1914.
Even as of the end of August 1912, Benz Motors had sold a total of more than 3.16 million vehicles in more than nine years of sales, accounting for more than 90% of the world's total automobile market.
At present, the price of Benz cars has been reduced to 120 pounds, but the profit of a car is still as high as more than 50 pounds.
Including the previous sales volume when the cars were sold at high prices, the gross profit of these more than 3 million Benz cars was nearly 200 million pounds.
Of course, after deducting the shares from the British and German branches, as well as taxes and other expenses in major countries, the final total income of the royal consortium was only 107 million pounds.
The average annual income is only more than 10 million pounds, but this income is very stable, and at least within ten years, the downward trend will not be too great.
You know, the Model T car in history set a sales record of 15 million units.
Although the Benz car was released five years earlier than the Model T, the car's price was low from the beginning and improvements have been made.
Arthur is confident that the Benz One will surpass the performance of the historical Model T and create a new Australasian car sales record.
More importantly, the automobile market is currently in the development stage. Whoever can occupy a larger share of the automobile market will be able to take more advantages in future automobile upgrades.
At this time, Benz Automobile Factory owns nearly 90% of the world's automobile market and is undoubtedly a well-deserved world automobile giant.
As long as this advantage can be maintained, the huge automobile market will be enough to bring a lot of untold wealth to Benz Automobile Factory and the royal family consortium.
And Arthur can even occupy the seat of the world's richest king with just the Benz Automobile Factory.
If you include the royal consortium, the wealth can only be described as immeasurable.
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