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Speaking of traveling, some people like to join groups, while others like to travel independently. As we all know, you can go wherever you want, stay in a place as long as you want, and be free; However, the disadvantages of traveling with a group are also obvious: the itinerary is not free, members of various groups are difficult to get along with, and tour guides pay attention to shopping and ignore scenic spots. But why do so many people travel with the group every year? According to the statistics of 20 16, the proportion of China citizens traveling with groups is 42.4%. Since 2008, with the gradual entry of China into an aging society, the proportion of group tours has continued to rise, while the proportion of independent tours has decreased year by year.

In my opinion, people who give up free travel and choose to travel with a group are mainly due to the following reasons:

1) Save money

Most people's travel in China is still in a relatively primary stage, especially outbound travel, which mainly punches in here, and there are few in-depth tours or holiday and leisure tours. Whether it is a big flight in the United States, transportation between small cities, hotel accommodation, scenic spots tickets or catering, travel agencies can rely on their own group buying advantages. In addition, domestic group tours often rely on tourists' shopping rebates to supplement the tour fee, which makes the price of group tours much cheaper than that of free travel with the same itinerary, which is attractive to many people.

2) Peace of mind

You need to do a lot of homework in advance, check the strategy and read the information, and spend a lot of thought in advance from determining the travel time, route planning, air ticket reservation, hotel reservation, scenic spot tickets and so on. Many people have neither the ability nor the patience to do it. Traveling with a group, as long as you sign up for the group, you don't have to worry about anything. Transportation, accommodation, eating and drinking in Lazar are all done by tour guides and travel agency leaders, which really saves you a lot of worry.

3) save labor

Although it is free travel, the change of accommodation hotels, traffic between cities, traffic within cities and traffic between scenic spots are quite tossing. Usually, buses, subways, trains, buses, taxis and Uber all get on the bus together, and dragging a big suitcase sometimes makes me feel exhausted. In addition to air traffic, group tours are often buses from beginning to end. Whether it is S intercity traffic or the connection between scenic spots, it can achieve seamless connection from door to door and point to point. Tourists are very labor-saving. Although it sometimes takes a long time to pull the bus, you can take a nap on the bus to recharge.

4) Worried about language ability

An important reason why China tourists choose to travel with a group is that most tourists are worried about their language ability. Most China tourists, especially middle-aged and elderly tourists, are unable to cope with the daily affairs of outbound tourism. Even some people who have a foreign language foundation have no idea about their foreign language ability before going abroad. Under all kinds of worries and fears, I have to choose to travel with a group.

To tell the truth, traveling with a group is easy to worry about, but there are too many disadvantages. There are many things that can be said here, and there are not a few people who have been cheated. If economic conditions permit, don't put up with the shortcomings of traveling with a group, and don't travel independently. I think it is the best solution to find a reliable travel agency and customize the tour for stowaways. In other words, in the process of free travel, it is also a compromise to combine free travel with group tour by interspersed with some local tours or multi-day tours. Travel agencies can also develop some semi-self-help tours with group tours. Giving tourists 1-2 days free travel in some key cities should be welcomed by many tourists.