"Guiyang Line" Beijing: The number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer blew out, and the price of air tickets to Europe rose across the board.

"It's like grabbing a stool. Slow down and there will be no place to put it. Almost killed. " With the arrival of the summer vacation and the stimulation of the depreciation of the euro, the European tourism market in Beijing has experienced the biggest blowout in recent years. Up to now, all the major travel agencies in Beijing have full tours to Europe at the end of August. Many tour groups just leave in the morning and are full in the afternoon.

Travel Agency Withdraws Europe Tour Advertisement

"I thought I could catch up one and a half months in advance, but I didn't expect there to be no group." Miss Gu, who originally wanted to take annual leave in the summer vacation, never imagined that she had made a plan to go to Europe for a holiday one and a half months in advance. Yesterday, she asked the travel agency. At the end of August, all the tour groups to Europe were fully booked, and even the reserved passengers could not be arranged.

A travel agency store in Xidan told reporters that with the coming of summer vacation, the tour group to Europe seems to be booked out overnight. At first, a customer wanted to choose a delegation to designate a country. By the beginning of July, the group had no candidates. No matter which country they go to, as long as there is a trip to Europe, they will book it. In this way, there will be customer consultation on the first day, and there will be no seats if you want to book the next day. These days, the company asked them to remove all advertising leaflets about their trip to Europe.

Sun Lizhen of China International Travel Service told reporters that almost all the company's tour guides can't go home. They have just returned from Europe with a tour group. After a tour group ends, they will leave the airport immediately without jet lag.

European queuing visa fare rises.

Miss Yue, I want to take my daughter to Britain for a self-help tour in the summer vacation. I just asked about the fare this morning. When she looked at it again in the afternoon, she was shocked: it actually rose by nearly 3000 yuan a day. The process of applying for a visa is even more worrying Gansu tourism team, people queuing all over the processing hall.

The reporter saw on the Internet that since July, air tickets to Europe have increased by 10% to 20%. For example, the round trip of the team to London is more than 10 thousand. Among them, the price fluctuation of China-Nordic line is the biggest increase in the whole European tour. But it is this growth that the number of passengers is the highest in previous years, and almost all airlines are business and individual travelers. Even travel agencies and airlines can't find spare seats.

People told reporters that today's summer market is unprecedentedly hot, and many people can't get tourist visas to the United States until September, so they have to move to Europe. This is also one of the reasons why European tourism is hot this year.

Shopping tours account for more than half.

Although there are many study tours and holiday tours in Europe, the number of "shopping" groups going to Europe because of the exchange rate can account for more than half.

At present, the exchange rate, which has been above 1: 10, has dropped to around 1: 8.5, which means that any consumption in the euro zone will be at least 20% off, and shopping can also enjoy more benefits. Miss Zeng, who just returned from Europe, pointed to an Italian bag with a price of 650 euros and told reporters that if the exchange rate was 1: 9.7 six months ago, the original price of this bag was 6350 RMB, while when she bought it, the exchange rate was 1: 8.3, and the price was 5395 RMB, which was cheaper than 1000 RMB. If you buy more bags and cosmetics, the exchange rate difference will be worth the travel expenses in Europe.

A tour leader who just returned from Europe told reporters that tourists who bought tens of thousands of brand-name products in one breath basically had every group. Some women enter the store to pick famous brands without blinking, and directly ask the clerk to take one for each new model. At Frankfurt Airport, there are too many people waiting for tax refund in China, so the airport tax refund has to open a new window.

Relevant travel agents told reporters that the reception team is saturated at present, but people's desire to go to Europe for sightseeing and shopping is far from being released. It is expected that this upsurge of traveling to Europe will last until June 5438+00 this year.