What are the chaos in low-price travel exposed by CCTV?

It was reported on July 29 that the governor of Chang'an Street noticed that this 20-minute investigative program caused a great response after it was broadcast. According to reports the next day, Provincial Party Committee Secretary Liu Cigui and Provincial Governor Shen Xiaoming respectively issued instructions stating that serious rectification will be carried out in accordance with laws and regulations, and each case will be dealt with after verification.

As the summer vacation approaches, more tourists choose to vacation in Hainan, and individual tourist groups have become a popular business for travel agencies. In order to compete for customers, travel agencies have launched special packages, boutique tours, and even zero-cost tours. Is there really such a thing as making money at a loss? Is there anything fishy in it?

In the CCTV investigation program, the reporter found a travel agency and first paid 100 yuan to sign up for a low-price tour group. After Tian got on the bus, he was asked to sign a new travel contract, in which the travel fee was written as 980 yuan. The staff explained that this was “regulated by the Tourism Committee, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

The guide price for a 3 days and 2 nights tour stipulated by Hainan Province is 980 yuan. If it is lower than 70% of this standard, that is, the cost price of 700 yuan, it is an "unreasonable low-price tour." To fill the huge gap between the tour fee and the cost, we rely on the "shopping store" and the "internal guide" - there are private rooms in the shopping store, and the shopping guide talks without scruples to trick tourists into paying for their hugely profitable products.

In fact, many friends should have heard of similar "cheap travel" traps, and they all understand the principle of "if you don't take advantage of small things, you won't suffer big losses", but why do people still keep saying this? Are you trapped in it?

“Businesses will not provide services below cost. No matter how smart tourists are, they will lose to the laws of economics.” Experts said that in such a scenario, tourists have no time to communicate with the outside world. Contact often leads to "brainwashing" and falling into a trap.

"Hainan is a tourist industry, and there should be zero tolerance for tourism chaos." After this program was broadcast, it caused a great response. According to reports the next day, Provincial Party Committee Secretary Liu Cigui and Governor Shen Xiaoming issued instructions respectively——

Liu Cigui pointed out that rectification must be carried out seriously in accordance with laws and regulations, and relevant departments of local governments must effectively perform their duties to strengthen supervision and maintain the international tourist island. and free trade zone image.

Shen Xiaoming pointed out that the companies involved must be thoroughly investigated and dealt with seriously in accordance with laws and regulations; comprehensive investigations should be conducted by drawing inferences from one case to other cases, and each case should be verified and dealt with, so that unscrupulous merchants cannot take advantage of them.

The governor of Chang'an Street noticed that Sanya, Haikou and other places that were greatly "stimulated" also acted quickly.

On the night the program was broadcast, a joint investigation team composed of Sanya's tourism, industry and commerce, price, food and drug administration, tourism police and other departments launched a joint investigation and temporarily detained the Sanya Conch Girl Creative Industrial Park Scenic Area on the spot. Regarding the 3A-level scenic spot license, the relevant person in charge was summoned for investigation, and some scenic spots and companies involved were suspended for rectification.

In Haikou, the local government quickly arranged and deployed four inspection teams composed of 14 people from the Provincial Tourism Quality Supervision Bureau, the Municipal Tourism Quality Supervision Office and the Municipal Tourism Police Detachment to go to the exposed Yuantong Four tourism companies, including the International Travel Agency, investigated and identified the illegal facts of the relevant companies.

Haikou City also stated that it will quickly find out the problem of individual tourists in the tourism market, interview all companies operating Hainan and Haikou powder, and establish a long-term mechanism for strict management and heavy penalties.

On the 23rd of this month, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held a special rectification meeting on "black tour guides" to study and judge outstanding issues such as "black tour guides" and "one-day tours" during the summer. In the past few days, the department has also reported on a number of cases of rectification of "unreasonable low-priced tours" and stated that it will continue to crack down on this stubborn market disease.

The governor of Chang'an Street noted that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched two "sword operations", focusing on issues such as "unreasonable low-price travel" and forced shopping. Following the “Four Seasons Action” in 2017, another round of rectification storm took place in the tourism market.

From January to March, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism sent five inspection teams to Hunan, Chongqing, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Shaanxi to carry out "Operation Sharp Sword-1", focusing on combating forced tour guides Consumption, "black guides" beating tourists and other issues; at the end of May, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched a special campaign against summer tourism, namely "Operation Sharp Sword-2", which mainly targeted the key tourism markets of summer outbound travel and domestic travel.

The two "Operation Sharp Sword" continued the storm of rectification of the tourism market that began last year. Data show that in the nationwide rectification campaign in 2017, more than 60,000 tourism companies were inspected, the business licenses of 52 were revoked, and fines exceeded 35 million yuan.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated that the ongoing rectification actions have created a high-pressure situation, and market ills such as "unreasonable low-price travel" have been significantly curbed, and the overall order of the national tourism market has continued to improve.

CCTV exposed the chaos of low-price tourism and attracted attention from netizens: I hope that Hainan tourism will be 315 every day

"Well done", "very happy" and "must be thoroughly dealt with, thoroughly"... …

After the CCTV exposure, Hainan Province’s positive feedback won praise from netizens. However, some people reminded us not to always wait until CCTV exposed it before investigating and punishing; since Hainan is an international tourist island, it should conduct self-examination and self-correction every day. I hope Hainan tourism will be 315 every day!

On the 23rd of this month, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held a special rectification meeting on "black tour guides" to study and judge outstanding issues such as "black tour guides" and "one-day tours" during the summer .

In the past few days, the department has also reported on a number of cases of rectification of "unreasonable low-priced tours" and stated that it will continue to crack down on this stubborn market disease.

The governor of Chang'an Street noted that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched two "sword operations", focusing on issues such as "unreasonable low-price travel" and forced shopping. Following the “Four Seasons Action” in 2017, another round of rectification storm took place in the tourism market.

From January to March, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism sent five inspection teams to Hunan, Chongqing, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Shaanxi to carry out "Operation Sharp Sword-1", focusing on combating forced tour guides Consumption, "black guides" beating tourists and other issues; at the end of May, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched a special campaign against summer tourism, namely "Operation Sharp Sword-2", which mainly targeted the key tourism markets of summer outbound travel and domestic travel.

The two "Operation Sharp Sword" continued the storm of rectification of the tourism market that began last year. Data show that in the nationwide rectification campaign in 2017, more than 60,000 tourism companies were inspected, the business licenses of 52 were revoked, and fines exceeded 35 million yuan.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated that the ongoing rectification actions have created a high-pressure situation, and market ills such as "unreasonable low-price travel" have been significantly curbed, and the overall order of the national tourism market has continued to improve. CCTV exposed the low-price tourism chaos and attracted attention from netizens: I hope that Hainan tourism will be 315 every day

“Well done”, “very happy” and “must be thoroughly controlled, thoroughly”...

After the CCTV exposure, the positive feedback from Hainan Province won praise from netizens. However, some people reminded us not to always wait until CCTV exposed it before investigating and punishing; since Hainan is an international tourist island, it should conduct self-examination and self-correction every day.

I hope Hainan tourism will be 315 every day!