If want to improve Suzhou from the big city of tourist interest to the important city of tourist interest, we must aggrandize the key elements construction of eating, stay and travelling in travel.

The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art.

We return to being a novelty to locals. This is not on the tourist trail but the interest is of a gentler kind than in India and the people seem genuinely curious and welcoming.