Why do tour groups always like to take tourists to shopping stores?

I remembered what happened to our family when we participated in several shopping tour groups. I remember that it was around 2008. My mother took me and my cousin to visit Guilin. The three of us The child was still on vacation from junior high school to high school, and he 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 of 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 video 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.