中国人得多花钱？希思罗机场免税店正式道歉

A duty-free company that operates at London’s Heathrow Airport has apologized after Chinese customers accused it of discrimination.

英国希斯罗机场一家免税店在遭到中国消费者消费歧视的投诉后道歉。

Chinese social media users alleged Chinese customers had to spend more than 1,000 pounds ($1,387) to qualify for a discount voucher at World Duty Free. The Chinese social media users claimed customers from other countries had to spend just 79 pounds to receive the 20 percent discount voucher.

中国社交媒体用户称，中国消费者在World Duty Free免税店购物时，消费金额超过1000英镑(约合8752元人民币)才能获得一张八折优惠券，而其他国家的消费者仅需消费79英镑(691元人民币)就能得到同样的优惠券。

The claim that Chinese travelers were being discriminated against went viral with people posting to complain about mistreatment.

这则声讨中国游客遭到消费歧视的长文在网上被疯狂转发，人们纷纷发贴抱怨遭到歧视。

The company, which is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, did not respond to requests for an explanation of whether it did discriminate against Chinese travelers.

该公司总部位于瑞士伯尔尼，对于是否真的歧视中国游客的解释要求未予回应。

A Heathrow Airport spokesperson said: “We have been made aware of this offer which we find unacceptable. We are currently working with our commercial partner to understand how this happened and ensure it does not happen again.”

希斯罗机场一位发言人说：“我们已经获悉此事，不能接受这种行为。我们正会同商业伙伴一起调查为什么会发生这种事情，并保证今后不会再发生。”

@Julialovekshwrote on Twitter: “Will never shop in the duty free store at Heathrow any more. Chinese customers deserve to be treated with respect!! What a hideous and discriminating event to happen in 2018!! Disgusting.”

推特用户@Julialovekshwrote：“绝不会再在这家店购物了。中国消费者应该受到尊重!!2018年还在发生这么可怕的歧视行为!!令人作呕。”

@QianyunZhu_zqy tweeted: “Shame on you World Duty Free! When celebrating Chinese New Year with promotion info in Twitter, please remember Chinese customers are still waiting for your official explanation and apology for the racial discrimination.”

推特用户@QianyunZhu_zqy“这家免税店真丢脸!在把新年促销信息发到推特上时，请记得中国消费者还在等你们对种族歧视进行正式解释和道歉。”

Increasing numbers of Chinese tourists are visiting the UK and other destinations and they are known for being big spenders. The number of Chinese visitors to the UK increased by 33 percent in 2017. They collectively spent 667 million pounds, according to UK tourism authority VisitBritain.

越来越多的中国游客前往英国和其他国家旅游，以买买买著称。根据英国旅游机构VisitBritain 的数据，2017年，去英国旅游的中国游客人数增加了33%，共消费6.67亿英镑(约合58.4亿元人民币)。