Will shopping be compulsory on the seven-day tour to Hong Kong and Macau organized by Taishan Travel Company and China Life?

There will be no compulsory shopping on the seven-day tour to Hong Kong and Macao organized by Taishan Travel Company and China Life;

The main reason is that the tour guide will charge a tour guide fee of 200 yuan when going, which is also Comply with legal provisions, but will not force shopping;

Once the forced shopping situation is verified, the travel company will be included in the bad information of tourism business services, and will be transferred to the credit file of tourism business services and announced to the public .

1. Forced shopping: refers to the behavior of travel agencies forcing or forcing tourists to shop in disguised form.

2. Phenomenon:

Data show that the number of complaints against tour groups from mainland China visiting Hong Kong has continued to rise since 2009. According to statistics from the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, from January to May 2010 On the 15th, *** received 173 complaints, an increase of 65% compared with the same period in 2009; *** received 313 complaints in 2009, an increase of 91% compared with 164 cases in 2008.

The "forced shopping" phenomenon should be caused by the "zero negative tour fee", because when the travel agency picks up the tourist group, it only charges the cost price, or even lower than the cost price, without making a penny. It is destined to Afterwards, there will inevitably be "extraneous things", such as adding self-funded attractions and shopping spots to tourists to earn "rebates" and "capitation fees", etc.