Understanding Cultural Language Diversity: Why Travellers Shouldn’t Expect English Everywhere

It’s concerning seeing travelers trying to communicate with people who don’t speak any English, by using more English. I first realized how much of a problem this is while staying at a quaint guesthouse in Yunnan, southwest China. I watched the petite, old guesthouse owner, affectionately referred to as Mama Naxi, become embarrassingly flustered as…

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