What do you think of compulsive shopping when traveling?

I have encountered tourist shopping groups, but I have not encountered any forced shopping groups, and the final result was pretty good.

A recent news story is about tourist Xiao Min and her friends who signed up for a 6-day and 5-night Yunnan tour group. The tour fee for the two of them was only 1,580 yuan. The tour guide said that each tourist would be assigned a pick-up attendant. The tourists’ home addresses are known to threaten shopping, and tourists are divided into three consumption levels: working class consumption 3,000-8,000, white-collar consumption 8,000-20,000, and boutique consumption 20,000-100,000.

Good guy, this tour guide has definitely violated the law, and he still dares to threaten citizens with their personal information. Isn’t this an added crime?

This reminds me of the several times our family participated in shopping tour groups. I remember that it was around 2008. My mother took me and my cousin to visit Guilin. The three children were still on vacation from junior high school to high school, and they signed up for a tour group.

As the saying goes, Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world.

I have to say that the landscape in Guilin is still very beautiful. During the few days of travel, the most memorable thing for me was the boat trip on the Li River. This trip was really slow. Other attractions, As long as we are on land, we are in a hurry. It has been many years and I can’t remember the specific itinerary. I only remember that the tour guide took us shopping 3-4 times, and he even took us shopping on the last day. Souvenirs.

There are jade shops, health product shops, and all kinds of shopping stores we can think of. Because we have never encountered shopping groups during our travels, we didn’t have much preparation. At that time, the whole family did not have credit cards. Everyone only brought a few hundred yuan in cash for emergencies. I remember I only bought a bunch of colored glaze at a jade shop.

The experience of this tour was indeed poor, but the tour guide did not force us to shop. He just took us to the shopping place, and then persuaded everyone to buy things with various kind words. Later, there were several shopping spots Because we didn’t have much money, the tour guide simply let us sit in the car and wait for them to finish shopping. I felt that this tour guide was pretty good!

Later, my mother went to Hong Kong once in 2016. There was also a shopping session, and the experience was not bad. The tour guide did not force everyone to buy things, but sometimes reminded everyone to buy things. Later, my mother bought it. I came back with two watches, a jade bracelet and a camera. All in all, it was pretty good!

Although I have never encountered a tour group that forced shopping, I have also seen some news about Xiao Min’s similar experience. Once I saw news about a customer complaining about a tour group because the tour group forced them to When you go shopping and buy something, if there are people who don't buy something, the tour guide will sarcastically say to them that there are people guarding the door and they will not be allowed to leave unless they buy something. After they return home from the trip, they will report it to the relevant local departments.

my country's "Tourism Law" clearly stipulates:

Article 35, paragraph 1, travel agencies shall not organize tourism activities at unreasonably low prices to deceive tourists, and arrange Obtain kickbacks and other illegitimate benefits from shopping or separately paid travel items. Article 98 If a travel agency violates the provisions of Article 35 of this Law, the tourism authority shall order it to make corrections, confiscate its illegal gains, order it to suspend operations for rectification, and impose a fine of not less than RMB 30,000 but not more than RMB 300,000; If the amount exceeds RMB 10,000, a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, the travel agency business license shall be revoked; the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall have their illegal income confiscated and be fined not less than RMB 2,000 but not more than RMB 20,000. The following fines will be imposed, and the tour guide license will be temporarily withheld or revoked.

So when you encounter forced shopping or coercion while traveling, you must take up legal weapons to defend your rights. Even if you cannot report it in time during the trip, you can choose to report it after the trip is over. Report the problem to the relevant departments and safeguard your rights!