夏天的英國牛津絕對是旅客的地獄

A local councillor for Oxford has described the city as “tourist hell” in the summer months.
牛津當地的一位議員把夏天的牛津稱為“遊客地獄”。

Mary Clarkson, a Labour councillor and Lord Mayor, took to twitter to complain about the behaviour of tourists.
勞動黨議員兼市長瑪麗·克拉克森在推特上抱怨遊客的所作所為。

Before heading to the Edinburgh Festival last weekend she wrote: “Some of us are coming up for a brief respite from the tourist hell of Oxford.”
上週末，在去參加愛丁堡藝術節之前，她寫道：“我們中的一些人去愛丁堡是為了從牛津的遊客地獄中獲得片刻的喘息機會。”

She then became involved in an exchange with one of her followers who stated that Edinburgh was just as busy during August. Clarkson responded with: “Oxford is pretty much impossible between June-October. Cycle lanes all full of illegally parked tourist coaches and pavements blocked.”
然後她與一位粉絲交流了一下，這位粉絲表示，8月的愛丁堡也一樣熱鬧。克拉克森回覆道：“六月到十月之間的牛津幾乎是難以忍受的。自行車道上擠滿了違規停放的旅遊大巴，而且人行道也十分擁堵。”

“At least we try to be considerate visitors when we go to busy places and avoid behaviour which we hate.”
“至少在我們去熱鬧的地方的時候，我們會試著做一名體諒的遊客，避免做那些令人討厭的事情。”

Seven million visitors pile into Oxford’s streets each year, attracted by the prestigious university which was established in the 12th century. It is the seventh most visited city in the UK by overseas tourists and tourism generates £780 million of revenue for the city.
每年有700萬名遊客湧入牛津的街道，他們都是被建於12世紀的著名大學吸引而來的。在海外遊客遊覽的最多的英國城市中，牛津排在第七位，而且旅遊業為這個城市帶來了7.8億英鎊的收益。

Speaking to MailOnline, Clarkson explained that she was not opposed to tourists but to the way they are managed in Oxford.
克拉克森向每日郵報解釋道，她並不反對遊客前來，她反對的是遊客在牛津的行事作風。

“Better coach parking arrangements, advising groups to walk in single file and ensuring that tour guides don't block entrances to places like the Covered Market when leading groups would make life so much better for other people."
“更好地安排大巴的停放，建議旅行團排成一隊縱列行走，確保導遊帶團的時候不會堵住購物區等場所的入口，這樣會使其他人的生活更美好。”

“These aren't costly solutions and they don't cause anyone any serious inconvenience, but could make things infinitely better.”
“這些並非成本高昂的解決方案，而且不會為任何人帶來太多不便，但卻可以把一切變得更好。”