港媒：学龄前儿童海外游学成为中国最新育儿趋势

　　据香港《南华早报》报道，几天前，还有两个月才满5岁的上海小男孩张飞宇(音)与妈妈和妹妹一起乘坐飞机，来到美国得克萨斯州首府奥斯汀市的阿姨家中。8月到12月，张飞宇将在阿姨家附近上幼儿园，好“开阔眼界”。“我想让他出来见见世面，想看看他怎么在英语环境中跟别的小朋友玩”，他的妈妈杰米·陈说。

　　与飞宇年龄相近的孩子出国进行短期游学的趋势正越来越流行。携程旅行网游学业务主管张杰(音)说，“去年越来越多的学龄前儿童去海外游学，同时(中国内地)国际幼儿园也在增加，幼儿园也在增设双语课程”。张说，今年夏季，在携程网预订海外游学服务的顾客中有10%是学龄前儿童，这与去年相比有很大增长。

　　另据途牛网统计，去年中国赴海外游学的学生中，学龄前儿童所占比例为6%。平均每人的花费在2万至3万元之间。携程网的相关负责人称，这类旅游一般有两种形式，一种主要是美国、英国和新加坡的专业团队组织的夏令营，旅游内容包括参观文化景点，听教育专家讲课等。还有一种是去外国幼儿园做短期的交换生，最受欢迎的国家有美国、英国、澳大利亚和新西兰。

　　尽管出国参加夏令营的费用不菲，但许多家长都感到十分值得。张杰说，大陆父母除了把海外游学当作拓宽孩子眼界、为未来教育做准备的渠道外，还把它当作一种高质量的家庭陪伴。不少留学机构的项目中，游学期间，孩子们可与母语为英语的老师们练习英语，父母们则可以参观知名学府、了解投资和移民政策，参加品酒会或打高尔夫等。

　　尽管游学产业近年来逐渐兴起，但并非所有的旅游业者都看好这一新的旅游市场。美国厚仁教育公司高管安德鲁·陈说，儿童游学产业还处于起步阶段，成本高但收益少，另外要满足家长们对食宿和旅行安排的要求也很困难。

来源：人民网

Hong Kong media: preschool children study abroad has become the latest trend of parenting Chinese

According to Hongkong Nanhua morning post, a few days ago, Zhang Feiyu, a boy in Shanghai who was only two months old, was 5 years old. He flew with his mother and sister to the aunt's home in Austen, Texas capital. From August to December, Zhang Feiyu will be in the kindergarten aunt nearby, "to broaden their horizons". "I want him to come out and see how he is playing with other kids in the English environment," his mother Jamie Chen said.

Similar to the age of children abroad Feiyu short-term learning trend is more and more popular. Zhang Jie, director of Ctrip online business, said, "more and more preschool children went to study abroad last year. Meanwhile, the number of international kindergartens is increasing, and kindergartens are adding bilingual courses." Zhang said that in the summer of this summer, 10% of the customers who had booked overseas travel services in Ctrip were preschool children, which was greatly increased compared with last year.

According to the way cattle network statistics, last year, the proportion of preschool children in Chinese students traveling abroad was 6%. The average cost per person is between 20 thousand and 30 thousand yuan.  Ctrip's responsible person said, such tours generally have two forms. One is mainly summer camps organized by professional teams in the United States, Britain and Singapore. They include visiting cultural sites, listening to educational experts, etc. Another is to go to foreign kindergartens for short-term exchange students. The most popular countries are the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

Although the cost of going abroad for summer camps is very expensive, many parents are worth it. Zhang Jie said that mainland parents not only regard overseas tourism as a way to broaden their horizons and prepare for future education, but also regard it as a high-quality family companion. During many studies abroad, children can practice English with their native English speaking teachers. Parents can visit famous universities, understand investment and immigration policies, participate in wine tasting or golf.

Although the tourism industry has been rising in recent years, not all the tourists are optimistic about this new tourism market. Andrew Chen, executive director of American thick education company, said that the children's travel industry is still at the initial stage, with high cost but little profit. Besides, it is also very difficult for parents to satisfy their parents' requirements for accommodation and travel arrangements.