New tourism concept in 2007

When we welcome a brand-new "January 1st", all of us who love to travel will ask ourselves, "Where are we going to travel this year and how are we going to travel?"

Therefore, we chose to express our "new travel ideas" on the first day of 2007. This is a beautiful ideal and goal, and it is also a realistic recommendation and suggestion. Once upon a time, we were far away from the real free and unrestrained travel state, and our travel experience was also dragged down and restricted by many aspects; Now, we can at least speed up our steps, stay ahead of most people and go further in our travel.

We put forward three "new ideas for travel in 2007", which are smarter and more novel ways to travel. When you truly experience the pleasure of traveling, you will find that your journey is being envied by others.

Starting from Hong Kong, make the impossible possible.

The new idea is 1 to fly to Hong Kong first and try new combinations from Hong Kong.

I have to admit that compared with foreign countries, our tourism industry is far from mature. Due to the restrictions of the policies of the destination countries and the richness of the existing tourist routes in the market, we can only envy many interesting places, but we can't go in person.

Then, why can't we find a springboard and start from a place where the travel routes are much richer and the travel modes are much freer than ours, and enjoy the fun of future travel in advance?

Hong Kong is the most suitable place.

Starting from Hong Kong, friends in Guangdong have a unique advantage. When they want to go out to play, they are always used to looking through the advertisements of Hong Kong travel agencies and choosing their favorite places. So, they can go to many places that we can't go easily. Objectively speaking, the travel rhythm of Cantonese people is far ahead of us.

But now it is more and more convenient for Beijing to travel to and from Hong Kong. Therefore, it is more and more feasible for Beijingers to fly to Hong Kong first and then set out from Hong Kong to all parts of the world.

For more travel convenience, we can choose two ways to buy Hong Kong's tourism products, and most Hong Kong people travel in this way themselves.

First, buy line products directly from travel agencies. Of course, there are also many routes that tourists can freely adjust. You can choose your own hotel and itinerary. The second is to buy the "air ticket plus hotel" package of the Hong Kong office of international airlines. Of course, for the second way, Hong Kong travel agencies will also act as agents for the travel packages of these airlines.

Some tips on "starting from Hong Kong" from experts' experience.

Destinations Suitable for Departing from Hong Kong-The most suitable destinations for traveling from Hong Kong are those countries that are relatively new and unpopular, easy to apply for visas or go directly to landing visa.

Because for China citizens, countries that go to Europe and Australia face the same difficulties no matter where they start from, because of visa applications. Only in Hong Kong, travel agencies can provide much richer route choices, especially in-depth tours.

For those relatively new and unpopular countries, such as some countries in the Middle East and Africa, domestic travel agencies cannot provide sufficient product support due to insufficient domestic awareness. Therefore, tourists are in a situation where they can go if they want to, but they can't. In this case, you can choose to start in Hong Kong, where there will be enough product support.

In addition, in most African or Middle Eastern countries, it is getting easier and easier for China people to apply for visas. As long as they pay the visa fee, they can get it, and basically there will be no refusal; Some countries even mentioned landing visa directly.

Choice 1 Sign up for the tour from Hong Kong Travel Agency.

Supporter: A flying donkey friend signed up for a honeymoon in Dubai through Hongtai Travel.

I was going to find a travel agency in Beijing to arrange a route to Dubai, but I searched the advertisement of the travel agency in the newspaper and couldn't find a route to the United Arab Emirates. So, I called several travel agencies directly and said to go to Dubai. They said yes, but other arrangements are needed; I said, since it's our honeymoon, can we arrange a seven-star Boqi hotel for two nights? As soon as they heard it, they said, this is uncertain. If it is connected, it is estimated that it will cost more than 10000 a night.

Faint immediately. Forget it, there happens to be a classmate who works in Hong Kong. Ask him to help me inquire about the situation in Hong Kong. The reply is simple, with a line. Can I live in Boqi? You can choose. how much is it? Eight days' tour, including two nights' accommodation in BOC International Hotel, is almost HK$ 20,000. Not bad, so I immediately called Kangtai to ask.

Soon Kangtai faxed the contract, and in the long run, I finalized the details of the itinerary.

Because my friend is in Hong Kong, I asked my friend to pay the money for me first, and determined the itinerary, which saved me trouble.

Choice2 buys the airline's "machine plus wine" package.

Recruiter: veteran player of Lao Wen

My main destination is Madagascar, which is a newly opened tourist destination. I asked many travel agencies in Beijing, but they didn't know how to get to Madagascar, so they had to investigate on their own.

First, I must figure out how to fly to my destination. As it turns out, this is the key first step for my success-the "machine plus wine" package provided by airlines closely cooperates with the route.

Through various inquiries, I finally know that all East Asian tourists go to Madagascar by air Mauritius, and then transfer from Mauritius. However, Air Mauritius has no offices in the mainland and no direct flights, only Hong Kong.

So, I searched Mao Hang's website online and wanted to call Mao Hang directly to ask. When I found the webpage, I was surprised to find that it also had a simplified Chinese version. I easily found the service number of "Mauritius Holiday Package", which is a Hong Kong phone number, so I immediately called to ask.

Sure enough, Mao Airlines launched a holiday package from Hong Kong to Mauritius and then to Madagascar, including four plane tickets and hotel accommodation in Mauritius and Madagascar. The shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel costs only over 8,000 yuan. It's really cheap, the key is more convenient, and even the machine is available.

"Hong Kong Departure" Frontline Intelligence Station

If you want to try a new way of traveling "from Hong Kong", we will provide you with some reliable information.

Travel agency selection-

At present, there are several well-known travel agencies in Hong Kong, such as Kangtai, Hong Kong China Travel Service, Yongan, Miramar and Boeing. Among them, Kangtai and Hong Kong China Travel Service have a special department to manage "mainland tour groups going to other countries via Hong Kong". This department will not only help tourists to arrange and determine their itinerary, but also guide tourists on how to handle relevant visa procedures.

Airline's choice of "machine plus wine"-

In Beijing, what we see are mostly "machine-added wine" products of airlines from Hong Kong, Macao or Southeast Asia. In fact, these products are only a few. Just because the domestic sales channels are not perfect, more airlines' "machine-added wine" products cannot enter the domestic market. This problem does not exist in Hong Kong, because Hong Kong is an important destination for most airlines, and many airlines will provide supporting products bundled with air tickets and hotels.

So, if you have a definite destination, the first thing you should do is to confirm how to fly there and which airline to use, and then call its Hong Kong office directly to ask.

How to pay-

Being in Beijing and buying Hong Kong's tourism products, how to pay is the biggest problem. At present, most Hong Kong travel agencies and international airlines have not yet supported online e-commerce and cannot use domestic credit cards to pay. So, in order to pay, you must transfer money through a local account in Hong Kong.

But don't worry, those experienced travel societies have domestic partners, and they will guide you to pay your partners first; Don't worry about the rest. Although there will be some handling fees, compared with this trip, it is still worth it.

Take business class and enjoy a comfortable journey.

New proposition 2 Travel in business class and reward yourself with comfort.

The desire of the walker is so endless. For players who like to travel, expensive expenses are not flashy expensive, but value-for-money enjoyment. Especially for long-haul flights, traveling in business class has become a new choice. Although the destination has not changed, it was a pleasant flight, and the powerful material experience brought the light after getting off the plane and the pleasure of traveling.

And taking business class is not only a change of space, but also a privilege. At the dedicated counters and boarding gates, you can leisurely cross the crowded long queues and handle the super-fast boarding service. Entering the cabin, there are expensive bone China tableware, carefully selected red wine and pure coffee, and of course, the meticulous service of the stewardess.

Usually, business class is about three times more expensive than economy class. However, with the hot sale of New Year tickets and the reduction of economy class discounts, the difference between them is narrowing. For experienced travelers, business class is rarely considered for a flight of about 4 hours. Therefore, the popular destinations for business class travel are usually those countries with long flight time, and the popular destinations are Southeast Asian islands and Europe.

Business class line broadcast

Destination Southeast Asia Island

Line Type: Free Vacation

The reason why business class falls in love with Southeast Asian islands is simple. At present, in addition to the direct flights to Saipan during the Spring Festival, the islands in Southeast Asia usually need to turn around. Take Maldives as an example. It takes five hours to fly from Beijing to Singapore and five hours to fly from Singapore to Maldives. Plus waiting at the airport, one day will be spent on travel.

At present, the island business travel in Southeast Asia is mainly based on free or semi-free holiday products, and the islands to be visited are usually Maldives, Phuket, Malaysia Green Sea and other holiday resorts. The price is about 0.5 times that of 65438+ ordinary holiday products. At present, Caesar International Travel Service is the main travel agency that launches business class on a large scale. The route is characterized by loose travel design and high freedom of travel. For example, Banyan Tree in Wabinfaro Island, Maldives is free to travel in business class for 4 nights and 6 days, and the business class provided by Sri Lanka Airlines is selected throughout. In addition, the selected hotel is also very distinctive. Visitors will stay in the top Banyan Tree Resort Hotel on the island, and single-family villas can meet the privacy requirements of tourists to the greatest extent. Similar are "Malaysia Green Sea Tour" and "Indonesia Tan Bin Island Tour". The market price is generally around 20,000-30,000 yuan.

Destination Europe

Linetype: customized

From Beijing to Europe, Finland, the country with the shortest flight time, also takes 8 hours. Therefore, the flight time is long, so tourists who pay attention to detail and quality choose business class.

Different from the upsurge of business class island tour, business class European routes are mainly business groups, and occasionally travel agencies launch them on holidays. For example, Caesars International Travel Service once launched business class routes in France, Italy and Switzerland 1 1 day during the Spring Festival. If you want to book a business class route, you can find a travel agency to tailor it for you. At present, the market price is about 0.5 times that of 65438+ ordinary lines.

Be a smart pilot

Traveling by business class, in addition to the price, smart trapeze should also have its own considerations.

Age: The normal age of an ordinary civil aircraft is about 20 years. If the aircraft enters the over-age service period, the probability of various mechanical accidents will increase. Therefore, when many people choose airlines, the age of the aircraft is an important consideration. At present, the average age of Emirates Airlines and Singapore Airlines recognized in the industry is short, with an average age of about 5 years.

Arrangement of chairs: How to make Dojo in the snail shell of the plane has become a matter that many airlines have tried their best. At present, the mainstream seating arrangement in business class is 2-2-2. Of course, many airlines are old-fashioned 2-3-2, and the latest trend of aviation is 1-2- 1 arrangement. The reduction of seats actually means giving passengers more relaxed flight space.

Seats: For long-distance flights, seats must be ergonomic to make passengers feel comfortable. British Airways is the first airline to provide business travelers with seats that can be rolled into beds. Singapore Airlines' new business class seats are the widest business class products in the world, with a width of 30 inches, which can be completely flat, almost more than 50% wider than most business class seats.

Emirates installed a special system on the roof of Airbus A340-500. Passengers can see "starry sky flashing" on the chair. In particular, it can help passengers adjust their biological clocks.

Featured services: Many airlines also have their own unique services. For example, the VIP lounges of Cathay Pacific, Air France and British Airways all have shower rooms; Airlines such as Air France, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and British Airways can provide slippers and pajamas for passengers on the plane. The tableware, daily necessities and bedding of SIA are designed by French fashion brand Givenchy specially for SIA. Emirates is the first airline equipped with on-board wireless e-mail and SMS service system; Austrian Airlines is the most special, it can provide unique air spa services in the air.

The boutique hotel was conquered at a glance.

New Proposition 3 During the trip, we chose a boutique hotel.

Among travelers who advocate economic benefits, the price of the hotel is the first factor, and they will look for hotels with high cost performance; In the pursuit of luxury experience, the brand and luxury of the hotel are important considerations, and they will only choose the most famous top hotel brands.

When our initial cost performance is the only one, then a few people begin to pursue the ultimate luxury enjoyment; In 2007, we asked for more special and private accommodation during the trip. Therefore, boutique hotels have become a new choice and can conquer you at a glance.

Boutique hotel, if you want to trace back to the source, comes from a French word "boutique hotel". Literally, it is more appropriate to translate it into "Design Hotel" or "Workshop Hotel". In fact, this is its uniqueness. Since 2006, boutique hotels have become the fastest growing category in the global hotel industry.

Different from all business hotels with similar faces, each boutique hotel will have its own unique design, and no two hotels are similar in style. They don't pursue top luxury, but they will put their design ideas into the bone marrow and have a clear-cut stand.

Today's boutique hotels have spread all over the world famous tourist cities. For many tasteful foreign tourists, choosing boutique hotels around the world has become a travel habit. But for us, if we go to Europe or Australia, the chances of choosing our own hotel are very small due to the restrictions of visas and travel methods. Therefore, we mainly recommend boutique hotels in Asia, which is the easiest place for us to reach.

"Boutique" Recommendation of Boutique Hotel

Destination Singapore

Recommended Hotel: Scarlet Hotel

Description: In English, Scarlet means scarlet, which is the name of the heroine Scarlett O 'Hara in Gone with the Wind. However, people who have lived here call it a "happy little home" because it creates a fiery atmosphere like home.

This is a boutique hotel transformed from old buildings built by 1924 and 15 shops and houses. The appearance and pattern retain the elegance and retro of the old house, while the interior is based on strong burgundy and dark color, showing mysterious luxury.

Once in the crimson hotel, you will find that the good design of the hotel is not just as simple as sleeping. When strong bright red is matched with quiet black, only elegance can be produced. Through the aisle of the hotel, it rises and falls like a mountain, and the ubiquitous beauty spreads under bright colors. The hotel is near Chinatown, and behind the hotel is a bar street, which is also transformed from an old building. It's convenient to go anywhere.

Destination Hong Kong

Recommended hotel: Jia hotel

Description: This is the first boutique hotel in Hong Kong, and it is a veritable originator. When Jia opened a "designer hotel" in Hong Kong, Hong Kong became a paradise for designers to design hotels. If you know something about the design industry, mention Jia's designer, Frenchman Philip? Philippe starck, you will realize that this is a place worth seeing.

What makes Jia special is not its exquisite internal design, but its external uniqueness. It was rebuilt from a 15-year-old residential building in Causeway Bay. Except for a layer of gray-black outer wall at the lower part, the whole appearance and surroundings have hardly changed. There are no neon lights, signs, revolving doors and high-profile signs in front of the door. This introverted gesture is not only self-confidence, but also a style.

All of Jia's interior space designs were designed by Philip? Stark is at the helm, and the lobby is full of the embodiment of Stark's unconstrained imagination. For example, he replaced the traditional reception desk with a luxurious wooden table, and another huge table in the hall was the place where guests enjoyed breakfast together.

Recommended hotel: Lan Kwai Fong Hotel

Description of Boutique: If other boutique hotels in Hong Kong are still following western design ideas after Jia, Lan Kwai Fong Hotel is the only boutique hotel in Hong Kong with the theme of nostalgic China. This hotel is located in SOHO district, and the hotels next to it can be seen everywhere with a strong oriental flavor. Even in the lobby, you can smell the traditional fragrance of China ginger flowers, and you can hear the white light and Zhou Xuan's classic songs, as if you were back 40 years ago.

The furniture in the hotel rooms is traditional wooden Ming style furniture, and even the door locks of the hotel are the oldest styles.

Destination Korea

Recommended hotel: Seoul W Hotel

Description: I have to mention the red color of W, which is a place obsessed with red. The decoration of the room, the color of the sheets and even the color of the bathtub are all red. You must also mention its bed and bathtub. Many rooms are round red big beds, which are especially suitable for newlyweds. The bathtub placed in the center of the room is the object that many new hotels imitated later.

Some experienced players said that they should stay in W for at least three days and two nights. On the first night, I went to the Woo bar here to play late into the night, and after getting up the next day, I had a big meal in the hotel kitchen restaurant. This "kitchen restaurant" makes the kitchen very open and turns the previously hidden kitchen into a stage for diners. Then continue to soak in the hotel swimming pool and sweat in the fitness center; Sleep for another night, go to a SPA with the theme of future design concept, rest, have a good sleep and go home, and then complete a full-fledged journey.

Destination Sri Lanka

Recommended hotel: Helga's stupidity

Description: It can be seen from the name that this is a highly personalized hotel. It is not so much a hotel as a work of art by Helgas, the hostess of the hotel. It brings people not only the luxury and comfort of the hotel, but also the deep personal sentiment here.

Helgas, the hostess of the hotel, was born in this hut on Kandy Mountain in Sri Lanka. When her father completely entrusted the house to her, Helgas was determined to decorate the house into a warm hotel according to his own preferences and entertain guests from all walks of life. "Color" and "dazzling" are the most appropriate adjectives to describe this place. At the two extremes, people who like it will love its lively and lively feeling, and people who don't like it will use "dizziness" to describe it. However, although the colors are mixed, this seemingly abrupt color space looks like a colorful still earth on the lush green background of Kandy Mountain.

Destination Thailand

Recommended hotel: Sukhothai Hotel Bangkok

Description: Speaking of Sukhothai Hotel, people who often go to Bangkok know it. Sukhothai is not so much the highest boutique hotel in Bangkok as a hot spot for stars and a popular holiday resort hidden in the center of Bangkok.

Sukhothai's business route is very simple and direct. While paying attention to modern design, the family-style layout faintly exudes the unique leisure characteristics of Thailand. The dark corridor at night, under the guidance of special trapezoidal candlelight, brings people into an ethereal and quiet Zen artistic conception. The lighting of the hotel is very emotional, and the lobby separated by glass seeps into the sun; Looking out of the window, the world of mortals in Bangkok is noisy day and night.

How to book a boutique hotel

For these cutting-edge boutique hotels, booking directly through the network is a very convenient way and the most commonly used way for guests. You can directly find the search engine to enter the name of the hotel and find their official website. These hotels support online booking, and you only need to know a little English.

Of course, for lazy tourists, there are other booking methods now. In the reality that general travel agencies rarely cooperate with boutique hotels, you can make reservations through relevant airlines. At present, the names of these boutique hotels have been added to the menu of free travel hotels that many airlines can provide.

For example, you can book a boutique hotel in Hong Kong through Dragonair's "Dragonair Holiday"; Through the "Singapore Airlines Holiday" of Singapore Airlines, you can book hotels in Singapore; Through Thai Airways "Maple Blue Tour", you can book boutique hotels in Thailand and other countries.

As for the price of boutique hotels, it is far less than the cost of staying in those top luxury hotels, which is only equivalent to the level of four-star hotels. Take the scarlet in Singapore as an example, the price of one night is only about 1000 yuan, which is easy for most tourists to accept.