国际英语资讯:Spotlight: UK tourism seeks to reinvent itself amid COVID-19 pandemic
<p><span word="LONDON">LONDON</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 28-- <span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span>, 3.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="tuned">tuned</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="dawn">dawn</span> <span word="break">break</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cloudy">cloudy</span> <span word="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="virtual">virtual</span> <span word="celebration">celebration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="solstice">solstice</span> <span word="hosted">hosted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="Heritage">Heritage</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sunrise">sunrise</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="bothering">bothering</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="journey">journey</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="Bringing">Bringing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="attempting">attempting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reinvent">reinvent</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="experiences">experiences</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span>.</p><p><span word="GOING">GOING</span> <span word="VIRTUAL">VIRTUAL</span></p><p><span word="Normally">Normally</span>, <span word="around">around</span> 20,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="solstice">solstice</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</span> -- <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ropes">ropes</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="circle">circle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p><p>"<span word="This">This</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="virtual">virtual</span> <span word="Summer">Summer</span> <span word="Solstice">Solstice</span>," <span word="Louise">Louise</span> <span word="Dando">Dando</span>, <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="marketing">marketing</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="Heritage">Heritage</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="exclusive">exclusive</span> <span word="interview">interview</span>.</p><p><span word="Due">Due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="distancing">distancing</span> <span word="restrictions">restrictions</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="experiences">experiences</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="online">online</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="streamed">streamed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="audiences">audiences</span>, <span word="say">say</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="Heritage">Heritage</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sunrise">sunrise</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Dando">Dando</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="opportunity">opportunity</span> "<span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span>", <span word="although">although</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="internationally">internationally</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="extent">extent</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> 80<span word="th">th</span> <span word="anniversary">anniversary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="evacuation">evacuation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Dunkirk">Dunkirk</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="II">II</span>. <span word="English">English</span> <span word="Heritage">Heritage</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Dover">Dover</span> <span word="castle">castle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tour">tour</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="tunnels">tunnels</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="reenactments">reenactments</span>.</p>
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