Tourism leaders in Australia’s island state Tasmania are considering erecting signage in Mandarin to help Chinese visitors get to and from tourist attractions.
The idea was first proposed by towns on Tasmania’s east coast which host a growing number of tourists from China visiting the Bay of Fires conservation area and Freycinet National Park.
"A huge population of Chinese tourists seem to be here 12 months of the year," said Mick Tucker, mayor of the Break O’Day Council, where the Bay of Fires is located.
Tucker said the cost of erecting Mandarin signs is miniscule compared to the benefits it would bring.
"We like to think outside the square here and I think it will be paid back in spades. We don’t think there’s anyone else doing it that we know of," Tucker told ABC News.
"To make sure when they come from the other side of the world, just something they can read in their own language (is) a nice gesture."
