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Chapter 144 History of Hawke Island
At the same time as the first summit of the Mineral Exporting National Organization was held, He Xiao, whose pseudonym was Huang Chao, was taking a self-driving tour that lasted for several days.

He was alone and the itinerary included the whole of Hawke Island.

Although the current Hawk Island was created step by step by him, he has also seen the entire territory of Hawk Island countless times from the map. In Blue Star Ascension, he also launched a travel map of Hawk Island, which can be used in 12 hours. Within 800 pounds, it is very cost-effective to visit the main tourist attractions of Hawke Island, especially for foreign tourists...

The main attractions of Hawke Island also have a map of a single attraction, with prices ranging from 100 pounds to 600 pounds, including the volcanic Tianchi Waterfall, the most famous scenic spot on Hawke Island.

Last year, in the Blue Star Ascension tourism module, the number of tourists to the Hawke Island-related attractions was 28 billion, and the tourism revenue was as high as 4200 billion pounds. However, in reality, the number of tourists was only 2700 million, and the tourism revenue was 38 billion pounds... …

Even if the tourism industry in reality is included, it will also drive transportation, service, catering and other industries, but it will only increase income by more than 100 billion pounds.

The difference between the two data is dozens or even hundreds of times, which is very scary.

However, it is not as some people imagined that the full-simulation tourism industry has seized the real tourism market. In fact, according to estimates, even if there is no full-simulation tourism industry, the number of tourists in Hawke Island’s tourism industry in reality is not high. There will be more than 6000 million people, including tourism-driven industries, and the total revenue will only be about 400 billion.

It is still ten times worse than the full virtual tourism industry.

This ten times is basically a pure increase. That is to say, only a small part of the full virtual tourism industry has robbed the original tourism market, and most of it is an increase brought by itself.

In fact, it is easy to understand. Some tourists who originally wanted to come to Hawke Island finally chose to visit the fully realistic Hawke Island attractions in Blue Star Ascension, but more tourists actually had no time or money at all. It is impossible to fly tens of thousands of kilometers to visit Hawke Island.

It is entirely due to the emergence of Blue Star Ascension that they have the opportunity to experience an experience that is very similar to reality at a low cost.

Even if the tickets are a little more expensive, it saves a lot of air tickets and accommodation and dining expenses.

Tourist attractions are not at a disadvantage either. When Bluestar Ascension goes on site inspections, it will sign an agreement with the operator of the tourist attraction. Tickets are paid dividends. Although it is certainly not as profitable as selling tickets by yourself, but due to the large increase in tourists, the income is still very high. Considerable.

Usually tourist attractions can share 8%-10% of the full simulation tickets. This income has far exceeded the income of real tickets.

At the beginning, there were indeed many tourist attractions who were worried about affecting the actual ticket revenue and refused to sign the agreement.

But it turns out that even if the agreement is not signed, it will be affected...

Because others have signed it, but you don’t sign it, it means that you have handed over the market of the full virtual tourism industry to other tourist attractions.

In the end, almost all the scenic spots rushed to join the Blue Star Ascension Platform.

Even Yellowstone Park, which unilaterally breached the contract, had the cheek to ask to rejoin...

Because they found that after quitting, their actual ticket revenue did not rebound significantly, while other tourist attractions of the same level earned several times the ticket revenue on the platform...

In fact, just like physical stores after the rise of online shopping, this is a dimensionality reduction blow.

I can't beat it at all, either join, or be eliminated, or struggle to maintain, and watch others make a lot of money...

What is really affected are some tourism peripheral industries, such as hotels and restaurants around scenic spots. Since the number of tourists has indeed decreased in reality, their business has indeed been affected.

During He Xiao's self-driving trip, he found that hotels and restaurants in many scenic spots have closed down. Only some popular scenic spots have better locations to survive.

It's a pity for him, but he doesn't blame himself too much. This kind of phenomenon is not too much in history. Technological progress always eliminates or affects some industries, so there is nothing to blame.

Just as the application of the steam engine will inevitably lead to the bankruptcy of some craftsmen, the development of the online shopping industry will inevitably affect some physical stores and surrounding service industries.

Moreover, at least on Hawke Island, these real industries have received part of the compensation.

However, just as online shopping can never eliminate all physical stores.

No matter how large the market size and high efficiency of the fully virtual tourism industry is, it is impossible to completely replace real tourism. There are still some people who are rich and have enough time and want to take a look and take a walk in the real world. .

It feels a little different after all.

And there are many unpopular scenic spots, as well as scenic spots that are not scenic spots, which will not be displayed on the Blue Star Ascension platform.

He Xiao wanted to take a look with his own eyes, this world he created.

Today’s Hawke Island, through his multiple revisions to the scale, has grown in size. The area of ​​the island has reached 84 square kilometers, surpassing Kalimantan and New Guinea, and second only to Greenland, which is 216 million square kilometers. ...

The shape is still sunglasses-like, with a total length of about 1700 kilometers from north to south, and a width of about 700 kilometers from east to west. The narrowest part in the middle is only 50 kilometers...

The entire island is divided into two parts, the northern part is dominated by tropical rainforest, and the southern part is mainly cities and cultivated land.

Hawke City is the largest city, located at the southernmost tip of Hawke Island, with a population of 520 million, accounting for about one-tenth of the entire Hawke Island. It is the political, economic and financial center of Hawke Island, as well as the largest port.

The second largest city is Admiral City, with a population of 220 million. It is located in the central Sunglass Bay, only 20 kilometers away from the volcano Tianchi Waterfall, the most famous scenic spot on Hawke Island. It is a tourist and leisure city.

The name of the city obviously comes from the hero of Hawk Island, Admiral He Yuan.

The third largest city is Christina I City, with a population of 180 million. It is located at the northernmost tip of Hawke Island. It is the only large city in the north and an important port city on Hawke Island. Fishing and forestry are extremely developed.

The name of the city comes from the legendary queen Christina I of the suzerain country. However, in recent years, Hawk Island's independence sentiments have been on the rise, and many islanders advocate changing the name of the city.

The terrain of Hawke Island is somewhat similar to that of Daiwan Island. There is a towering mountain range extending from north to south. The west is an open plain, while the east coast has only a narrow plain. Some cliffs are directly on the coastline, which is also famous. Tourist Attractions...

Of course, the area of ​​Hawke Island is 20 times larger than that of Daiwan Island. Therefore, the area of ​​Hawke Island’s plains is also much larger than that of Daiwan Island. The southern plain of Hawke Island is the largest. There are 25 square kilometers.

The southern plain is also the most densely populated place on Hawke Island. In the past, Puguo and Tulipland, a large number of sugarcane fields and rice fields were developed here. The Dongguo people on Hawke Island also immigrated from the coast of Dongguo at that time... …

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