Are the key tourist areas that have long been criticized for involvement in gangs?

On February 6, Wang Xiaofeng, deputy director of the National Tourism Administration, pointed out that in order to regulate the tourism market order before and after the Spring Festival, we will focus on regulating the professional behavior of tour guides and severely crack down on illegal practices and forced consumption of illegal tour guides that seriously harm tourists. Violations of legitimate rights and interests.

In response to the current strong complaints from tourists, the State Administration of Tourism has recently taken a series of actions, including unblocking reporting channels, launching "Operation Sharp Sword" to crack down on illegal tour guides and forced consumption, conducting education on integrity management, investigating and punishing a A batch of typical cases, etc. It must be admitted that these practices clearly point to the outstanding problems in the current tourism industry. But from another perspective, are the various problems in the tourism industry that have not been fundamentally solved for a long time really just problems within the industry?

The tourism industry has always been in chaos, with various violations of laws and regulations emerging one after another. Even after the Tourism Law was officially implemented, low-priced tours were still banned even though the law explicitly prohibited them. The resulting phenomenon of overpriced tourists, forced shopping, insults and beatings of tourists, etc. have become chronic diseases of the tourism industry. At the same time, some popular tourist areas are also areas with high incidence of tourism problems. In the past, people were violently injured in Lijiang, and later in Xuexiang, a gangster tour guide beat many tourists. It can be said that the more popular a place is, the more concentrated tourism problems will be.

Of course, in order to solve these problems, various places have indeed done a lot of work. The deputy governor of Yunnan paid a private visit incognito to experience the problem of forced tourism consumption and launched a series of rectification measures, which the media called "the strongest in history". The Heilongjiang Tourism Commission strictly investigated the forced sales of package tickets in Xuexiang, and the tour guides involved were also dealt with. These measures are not without severity, but the results are not satisfactory, and many illegal activities are still prevalent in secret. On February 6, the media once again exposed the Lijiang tourism scandal. In the video, a female tour guide unhesitatingly called tourists "iron cocks" and accused them of not shopping. This scene seems to have been replicated, no different from the previous situations where tourists were forced to consume in Lijiang. When the same problems are repeated, does it mean that these problems are "unsolvable"?

China has become a big tourist country. During holidays, tourism revenue in various places increases at an alarming rate. Travel is no longer a luxury. Tourism experience is directly related to people’s sense of security, happiness and satisfaction. If the tourism industry's own problems cannot be effectively managed, incidents of overpriced customers, forced purchases and sales, and even violence and injuries will occur frequently. This will inevitably bring shame to China's tourism industry and directly affect the country's governance capabilities and level. .

Therefore, we must attach great importance to the various chaos currently existing in my country's tourism industry. We cannot just treat it as an internal problem within the industry, but should make a clear judgment from the perspective of national governance capabilities.

Take black tour guides and forced consumption as an example. The reason why some black tour guides can be active in the industry for a long time, and the reason why some business places that rip off customers at high prices and force consumption can exist for a long time is simply because the services are not standardized. Is it? Certain tourist product business establishments in Yunnan have been selling all kinds of deceptive tourist souvenirs at high prices for a long time. The black tour guides in Xuexiang dared to beat many tourists. Isn’t there a deeper reason behind these bad phenomena? Who gave them such courage? Should we be wary of gang-related phenomena in the tourism industry?

Once there are serious problems in national and social governance that cannot be cured for a long time, there will probably be evil forces at work behind them. Not long ago, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Special Struggle to Combat Gangsters and Eliminate Evils". The notice requires that the crackdown on gangsters and evils should focus on key industries and key areas that seriously affect the people's sense of security and satisfaction. He also pointed out directly that we should target "the evil forces that bully the market, buy and sell by force, collect protection fees, and other evil forces" in tourist attractions. Therefore, regulating the order of the tourism industry cannot just stop at administrative law enforcement. We should look at those problems that cannot be solved for a long time and those key areas that have long been criticized by public opinion from a higher level to see if there are any situations involving gangs and evil, and more To see if there is a "protective umbrella" behind it.

The Spring Festival is coming soon, and some popular tourist attractions may be ready to "slaughter sheep." It is hoped that the relevant departments will combine the rectification of the tourism market order with the special struggle against organized crime and evil, as stated in the "Notice on Strictly Cracking Down on the Violations and Crimes of Underworld Forces in accordance with the Law" jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice. It is proposed to ensure that results are achieved before and after the Spring Festival and to enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.