Yeah, I've heard that. Apparently a lot of Chinese tourists go to mainland Europe and then don't come to the UK because it would involve lots of extra paperwork.
Not only the paperwork but the intrusive questioning. Like if you present as gay being questioned about if you have unprotected anal sex. Like, if you are a woman in her 20s to early 30s who dresses nicely and doesn't have a wedding ring being asked if you are an escort. (They read one of my friend's diaries that was packed in her suitcase in order to make sure she wasn't a hooker.)
Like if you are just a normal tourist who checked a guitar with your luggage because you like to play guitar being turned away and sent back at your expense because they assume you are a busker - all of which, and more, has happened to people I know trying to go to the UK and has not happened to anyone I know anywhere else in Europe.
Shit we are people who want to spend money in your country, which, would, you know, help the economy.
really? wow. I travel with guitar back and fwd to Denmark a fair bit and the Danes give me no hassle. I', a UK-ian so obviously don't get the sh!t on the way back. Had some herrings confiscated at Copenhagen airport tho' - reckon the guy just wanted them for his lunch :-)
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Like if you are just a normal tourist who checked a guitar with your luggage because you like to play guitar being turned away and sent back at your expense because they assume you are a busker - all of which, and more, has happened to people I know trying to go to the UK and has not happened to anyone I know anywhere else in Europe.
Shit we are people who want to spend money in your country, which, would, you know, help the economy.
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