改革开放前,作为南中国窗口的广州,虽然举办交易会,但是旅游酒店极其缺少,且多数经营管理不善。广交会期间,旅游者到了广州,无处可住,只好驱车几小时去番禺、佛山;车不好,路不好,外国游客怨声载道。美国的一位亿万富翁、世界知名的百货业大老板,由于缺房,在客厅的沙发上度过了他刚到广州的前几个小时。没有暖气,房间奇冷,加之被褥又脏,许多欧美的旅游者穿着风衣或太空褛睡在床罩上,且在枕上铺一层报纸。他们发誓“再也不来中国”。没有冷气,酷暑难当,香港巨富霍英 Before the reform and opening up, as a window of southern China in Guangzhou, though the fair was held, tourism hotels were extremely scarce and most were poorly managed. During the Canton Fair, tourists arrived in Guangzhou and nowhere to live. They had to drive to Panyu and Foshan for a few hours. The cars were not good and the roads were not good. Foreign tourists complained. A US billionaire and a world-renowned big department store owner, spent the first few hours on his couch in the living room due to a lack of accommodation. Without heating, the rooms were chilly and the bedsheets were dirty. Many European and American tourists sleep in bedclothes or coattails on newspaper covers. They vowed “never to come to China.” No air-conditioning, hot summer, Hong Kong giant Huo Ying