What are "zero tour fee" and "negative tour fee"?

Zero tour fee means that you don’t have to pay a penny to participate in a tour group, so it is called “zero tour fee”.

The result is that people are forced to shop and consume when they arrive at tourist destinations.

This is all a "dirty trick" used by informal travel agencies to attract tourists.

Throughout the ages, there have always been traps waiting for you.

Recently, a Hong Kong female tour guide scolded mainland tourists, causing heated public discussion. The tourists who participated in the group paid a few hundred yuan each to receive such treatment. If you had "zero tour fee", you would not be "slaughtered" one by one! The tourism industry is a very competitive industry, and it is also an industry with slim profits. "Zero or negative tour fees" is a peculiar phenomenon caused by vicious competition in the tourism industry. It is a cancer that damages the healthy development of the tourism industry and seriously harms the interests of tourism consumers. "Zero or negative tour fees" is an undesirable result caused by the tour operators forcing the local tour operators to compete at low prices through constant inquiry. The local tour operators are forced to undertake services at cost prices or even lower than operating costs. For tourism groups, the result will inevitably be to harm the interests of tourism consumers.

To be specific, the tourist consumers paid the travel expenses to the travel agency at the place of departure, but the travel agency did not pay the basic travel expenses to the tour agency at the tourist reception place, or even Let the local travel agencies receive tourists at a loss-making price. The result is obvious. As we all know, no one does a loss-making business. The travel agency accepts tourists at a price lower than the cost, which will inevitably lead to the need to continuously add attractions, charge additional fees, and constantly visit shopping spots during the tour. In this way Only in this way can we make up for the losses. This not only directly harms the tourists financially, but more importantly, wastes their valuable time.

A zero tour fee means that we make no money from you, but a negative tour fee means that we give you money to travel. Of course, the reason this happens is to stimulate shopping. This kind of tour group mainly focuses on shopping, supplemented by sightseeing. It will definitely not be fun, and it also depends on the tour guide's face.

It is recommended that you don’t take advantage of that little advantage and go with a group that guarantees quality!