What are the tricks of travel agencies’ “low-price tours”?

The tricks behind the "low-price temptation" of travel agencies include: travel is fake and shopping is real; claims are free and temporarily increases prices; standards are lowered and itineraries are discounted. 1. Traveling is fake, shopping is real. Unreasonable and low-priced tours are operators who take advantage of tourists’ greedy psychology to attract customers at low prices, and then make illegal profits by deceiving and forcing tourists to shop. Travel agencies are often divided into two types: group agencies and ground travel agencies. The tour group organization is responsible for attracting customers and making money based on the number of people. The local travel agency is responsible for reception, and earning commission from tourists shopping more has become one of the sources of profit for many local travel agencies. Many so-called “attractions” are actually invisible shopping spots. All shopping attractions must enter the store. If tourists do not buy something, they may be "complained" by the tour guide, or even ridiculed openly and implicitly, which will affect the tourist's mood during the trip. 2. Claiming to be free, but temporarily increasing prices. Some illegal travel agencies also claim to be free of charge, but temporarily increasing prices. If the travel agency has not signed a contract with you, or if you receive flyers for low-price travel or even free travel at the train station or on the street, you should be especially careful. There is no free lunch in the world, and there is no pie in the sky. Some tourists are greedy for petty gains and may neglect to sign a formal contract with a travel agency because of some benefits or discounts. In the end, it is difficult to protect their legitimate rights and interests because there is no evidence. 3. Lower standards and discounted itinerary Li Qiuting (pseudonym) is a senior in college this year and recently worked as an intern at an international travel agency in Shandong. She told reporters that after taking tourists to destinations, some travel agencies found that they were unprofitable, so they greatly reduced their services and the number of attractions they could visit. "Wool comes from sheep, so low price means low quality. If you look closely at the itinerary, you will find that the food, accommodation and travel arrangements and standards of the 'unreasonable low-price tour' have actually been greatly reduced." Li Qiuting said. ?Extended information The tourism authorities took action to rectify unreasonable and low-priced tours. In October 2016, the National Tourism Administration issued the "Notice on Organizing and Carrying out Special Actions to Rectify "Unreasonable and Low-priced Tours"", which will be deployed from October this year to In April next year, we will focus on carrying out special rectification work on "unreasonable low-price travel". The tourism authorities of Hunan Province and Changsha City attach great importance to it and take multiple measures to launch a special campaign to rectify "unreasonable low-price tourism". Provincial and municipal travel agency industry associations have actively organized self-examination and self-rectification by enterprises, and have removed "low-price travel" products from their shelves. They have publicly promised to the public to operate with integrity and consciously boycott "low-price travel". The reporter learned that in November, 12 travel agencies in the province were investigated by the tourism authorities for suspected unreasonable low-price parades. On December 2, 2020, the "Hunan Province Measures for the Implementation of the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China" was voted and passed at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th Provincial People's Congress, and will be effective on January 1, 2017 officially implemented. The "Measures" clarified seven types of behaviors of travel agencies that deceive and force tourists to make purchases, and clearly stipulated that tourism employees shall not engage in price fraud, forced transactions, deception and inducement of tourists to consume, and insults, beatings, or coercion of tourists during tourism activities. Industry insiders believe that these clear provisions of the "Measures" will play a very good role in curbing unreasonable low-price tourism and protecting the rights and interests of tourists. In the future, the phenomenon of unreasonably low-priced tours will become less and less common.