Is it illegal for travel agencies to force shopping?

It is illegal for travel agencies to force shopping. According to the explicit provisions of China's Tourism Law, travel agencies have forced consumption, forced shopping, tricked tourists into concluding package travel contracts, participated in shopping activities or paid for travel projects separately. , by the tourism authorities shall be ordered to make corrections, confiscate the illegal income, ordered to suspend business for rectification, and impose a fine of 30 thousand yuan to 300 thousand yuan.

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Article 35 of the Tourism Law

Travel agencies shall not deceive tourists by organizing tourism activities at unreasonably low prices, and obtain illegitimate interests such as kickbacks by arranging shopping or paying for other tourism projects.

Article 98

If a travel agency violates the provisions of Article 35 of this Law, it shall be ordered by the tourism authorities to make corrections, confiscate its illegal income, order it to suspend business for rectification, and impose a fine of not less than 30,000 yuan but not more than 300,000 yuan; If the illegal income is more than 300,000 yuan, a fine of more than one time and less than five times the illegal income shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the business license of the travel agency shall be revoked; The directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be confiscated, and a fine of more than 2,000 yuan and less than 20,000 yuan shall be imposed, and the tour guide card shall be suspended or revoked.