大學校園遊升溫 苦了誰？
China's top universities overrun by tourists
Peking Universtiy
China's two premier universities are being invaded by thousands of tourists this summer, prompting complaints from teachers and Students.
Peking university and Tsinghua university host an estimated 4,000 to 10,000 tourists a day, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Students and professors are complaining that their academic ambience is being disturbed by the constant rounds of organized tour groups on campus
"Just a couple of days ago several tourists with their luggage sat in a classroom, talking out loud," Chen, a graduate student at Peking University, was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
The problem was so bad one day last summer when an estimated 20,000 tourists flooded Peking University's campus that the school was forced to shut its gates to outsiders.
The surge in tourists has brought litter, destruction of the lawns and graffiti.
"A university is not a park. We would like some peace to in our daily lives and to focus on our studies," said Professor Ma Rong of Peking University.
Both universities are curtailing visiting hours for tour groups, while Tsinghua University is increasing patrols to supervise visitors' behaviour.
Travel agencies are capitalizing on the thirst for knowledge common to families across the nation, Xinhua said.
"I just want my son to feel the environment of Tsinghua and pursue higher learning," said a parent who came from the central China city of Wuhan.
Universities should arrange tour schedules more carefully and travel agencies should promote civil behaviour by the tourists, said Fu Jia'nan, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
今年夏天，幾千名遊客涌入中國兩大頂尖高等學府，引起校內師生怨聲載道。
據新華社本週一消息，北京大學和清華大學每天要接待約四千至一萬名遊客。
學校的老師和學生們都抱怨旅遊團的頻頻到訪破壞了他們的學術氛圍。
新華社援引北京大學一位姓陳的本科生的話說：“幾天前，幾名遊客帶着行李坐在一間教室裏，大聲說話。”
去年夏天的某一天，約2萬名遊客涌入北大校園，造成學校被迫關閉校門。
涌入校園的遊客隨地亂扔垃圾，破壞校內草坪，還到處亂塗亂畫。
北京大學的馬榮教授說：“大學不是公園。我們希望能有一個安靜的生活，這樣才能專心搞學術研究。”
目前，北大、清華都縮短了向旅遊團開放的時間，而且清華大學還增派了巡邏人員來監督遊客的行爲舉止。
新華社報道說，旅行社抓住了人們渴求知識的心理。
一位來自武漢的家長說：“我只是想讓兒子感受一下清華大學的學習氛圍，希望他能進入高等學府。”
中國社會科學研究院的付加南說，大學在安排旅遊開放時間上應更加謹慎，旅行社也應當提醒遊客規範自己的行爲舉止。
