What are the shady secrets of tour groups in Thailand?

Let’s talk about shopping first. The biggest boss in Thailand’s tourism industry is not a travel agency, but a jewelry store owner. The tour bus used by the team throughout Thailand is provided by the jewelry store for free (the driver’s salary is paid by the tour guide). Jewelry The store does not refer to one store but all shopping stores throughout Thailand. Jewelry, leather goods, bird's nests, snake medicine... are all sold by one boss. Now you can understand who is the biggest boss. There are two super large systems for jewelry stores in Thailand, referred to as OA and Siam. Travel agencies that do inbound tourism in Thailand must rely on one of them. If you have a good reputation in a jewelry store and have no money, you can borrow money from the jewelry store. Even Chinese travel agencies will borrow money from jewelry stores through Thai travel agencies. In other words, if the jewelry store is willing to help you, you will have an extremely powerful boss. Well, in fact, both China Travel Agency and Thailand Travel Agency work for jewelry stores. But having said that, shopping stores in Thailand are very standardized. This has never happened before. If tourists don’t buy anything, they will close the door and let the dogs out. Even after tourists enter, they don’t look at anything or buy anything. They just come out as soon as they enter. People make things difficult for you. Unlike some areas, shopping in Thailand is still very formal. If tourists don’t buy anything along the way, who pays the reception costs? They are all issued by Thai travel agencies. You have seen many articles or videos about Thai tourism exposure. There is no issue about forced shopping. Thailand's travel agencies are also willing to admit defeat. If you don't buy it, it doesn't matter, as long as someone buys it. In addition, I would like to emphasize that there are absolutely no fakes in shopping stores in Thailand. They are guaranteed to be authentic, but the price is a little bit higher. It should be said that self-payment is a chronic problem in Thai tourism. It is also an effective means of cooperating with travel agencies to do KB. Selling goods through tour guides The profits earned at your own expense are used to cover KB and reception costs. If you have been to Thailand in a group tour and the tour guide sold the tour guide on the bus at your own expense, then this group must be a KB group, it is just more or less KB. If when you are purchasing Thailand travel products, the salesperson tells you that there is self-expense but does not force you or clearly tells you how much self-expense you need to guarantee, this is a KB group. So has KB all been made off by the evil travel agency? In fact, domestic travel agencies include KB when calculating costs. For example: the cost of air ticket + visa is 3500, and KB is 1000. Then the actual cost of the travel agency is 2500, plus some of its own profits, and put it on the market. superior. In other words, KB is actually used by tourists. Travel agencies only reduce the intuitive price by doing KB. Therefore, friends who have participated in KB tours, you will not feel wronged. It is as heavy as carrying it on your back.