Why does the sale of zoo tickets in 30 yuan attract complaints from Thai tour operators?

As the first tourist source country in Thailand, China tourism has naturally become a friendly bridge to pull in the relations between the two countries. Therefore, if you want to get rich overnight, starting with "China tourists" will always make the Chinese and Thai tourism industry "rack their brains" every day, while the marketing strategy of China businessmen seems to make the Thai industry "unhappy".

According to comprehensive Thai media reports, recently, more than 200 tourists complained to Chiang Mai Night Zoo that China businessmen had seized their "commercial wealth" and suspected that selling tickets online at half price made it difficult for local businesses in Chiang Mai to make money, resulting in the loss of tourists.

Chiang Mai Night Zoo attracts a large number of China tourists every year. In addition to all kinds of exotic animals, there are beautiful gardens, waterfalls and lakes in the park. The scenery is so beautiful that many travel websites call it "the largest zoo in Thailand".

The ticket price of this scenic spot is not "sky-high", but it is not "cabbage price"-according to Thai media reports, the ticket price of the zoo is 400 baht for Thais (RMB near 80 yuan) and 800 baht for foreign tourists (RMB near 160)(400 baht? 800 ——bangkokbiznews), and China Merchants' online public selling price is 150 baht, that is, 30 yuan. If it is sold at the price of Thailand, it seems that China Merchants has lost 250 baht (the RMB is close to 50 yuan) in selling tickets, and 400 baht is not the cost price of China tourists. The "kind-hearted" Thai tour operators in the "smiling country" generally "enthusiastically" take 800 baht as the cost price for China tourists, so it seems that the sales of China Merchants 150 baht are in sharp contrast with them.

On the 30th, the ticket management department of Chiang Mai Night Zoo in Thailand, together with the local tourism authorities, held a meeting with 200 tourists who participated in the complaint. Operators believe that the price of China Merchants does have a certain impact on them, because the loss of tourists can be directly reflected in their tourism income. As for why China Merchants can give such a low price, authorities said that they are still investigating and listed the following possibilities: 1, the behavior of the staff of the internal ticketing system remains to be investigated; 2. Significantly lower than the original price can attract more customers to buy.

People in the tourism industry said that many tourists from China have changed their booking methods, from buying physical tourism projects in advance to paying electronic tickets on the website, which has an impact on the development of tourism, because funds will always flow abroad.

At present, the tourism manager's advice to Chiang Mai Night Zoo is: "It is only valid for tourists to enter the zoo from the ticket office within 3 hours after the booking time. Previously, most tourists first came to Chiang Mai Night Zoo attractions, then logged on to the online platform to book tickets and entered the venue with electronic tickets issued by merchants. "