What is social tourism?

Social tourism is very popular in Europe.

Reporter: Verne 1 1/28/02:

Bi Hua Net News: Go to Paris as a beggar; Go to Chernobyl to experience nuclear pollution, or go to Iraq and Afghanistan to visit the poor and ask for help-the new fashion of traveling in Europe today is like eating a bitter meal in the past.

-Follow the vagabond's life

Kamstra Travel Agency in the Netherlands launched the "4-Day Wandering Tour in Paris", which cost 459 euros. This kind of tour is usually organized in April and September every year. This kind of tour group is generally organized by 10 people. Members participating in tour groups are not allowed to carry cash, credit cards and mobile phones with them. They should learn to pick up something useful in the street like vagrants, or make a living by performing arts. The Tourist Association provides them with musical instruments, brushes, etc. The task of the organizers is to supervise them to do everything as required. In the evening, the travel agency gives them cardboard and newspapers to sleep in. However, the last night will let them stay in a high-class hotel and provide them with a sumptuous dinner, which will make them have a sharp contrast.

-A trip to Chernobyl

The "Chernobyl trip" launched by two travel agencies in Ukraine cost only over 300 dollars. This area is famous for being polluted by nuclear leakage. Organizers say that this is an "extreme and ecological journey". Visitors can enter the nuclear pollution area, visit schools, hotels and kindergartens in cities and deserts, and get in touch with people in isolated areas. They wear radiation protection suits and can take pictures in front of the nuclear reactor. However, if you want to see the nuclear radiation, you have to pay another $200. Villagers in polluted areas will show tourists around their villages and homes. The nuclear radiation here is more than four times the allowable range.

Landless farmers

Going to distant Brazil to see how farmers live there is also a new trend of social tourism. At present, European travel agencies * * * have six tour routes to visit Brazilian manors. The "Landless Peasants Movement" travel agency ensures that all visitors here can eat completely ecological food. They can also take part in harvesting activities in person, learn planting and feeding skills, or make some handicrafts themselves, and the price is not too expensive. Excluding round-trip air tickets, they only need 1958 euros a day-including their hotel accommodation and travel expenses from the hotel to the manor. Local farmers welcome tourists very much, providing them with free opportunities to visit and participate, hoping that they can understand their lives.

-Towards war and disaster.

The metropolitan travel agency in France is promoting a geopolitical tour to its customers. The destination is some countries facing difficulties, such as Iraq, Afghanistan and other Gulf countries, and it is named "Black Gold Road". The main content of the trip is to get in touch with local residents, and then invite some journalists, politicians and entrepreneurs to a tea party to discuss and analyze the situation here.

These tour groups, each consisting of about 10- 15 people, cost 3000 euros. Of course, tourists also have some relaxation projects on the way, such as riding camels.