Low-cost tour of five cities in East China
"The industry calls the five cities in East China' rotten groups'." A tour guide who asked not to be named was outspoken.
The East China Five-city Route refers to a 6-day or 7-day tour of Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou. According to the tour guide, at present, almost all travel agencies in Taiyuan are doing low-cost tours to five cities in East China, and some travel agencies even offer a low price of "350 yuan to visit five cities in East China for 500 yuan". "This routine route is very confusing in Taiyuan tourism market."
Let's see how the low-cost tour works.
The first is the tour guide. Five cities in East China are mainly individual travelers. Tourists leave Taiyuan, and the travel agency is not equipped with a guide. After the tourists arrive at the tourist destination by their own means of transportation, the tour guide of the ground agency picks up the station and is responsible for the reception. This is because tourists pay low travel expenses. If a tour guide is provided, the travel agency will increase the cost invisibly, and it is not cost-effective to pay the tour guide.
Second is the cost. Travel expenses generally consist of transportation, catering, accommodation, large tickets for scenic spots, etc. Among them, transportation cost is the main cost item of most tourism products. There are three modes of transportation in five cities in East China: car, train and plane. "The one-way bus ticket from Taiyuan to Shanghai is 409 yuan; One-way hard sleeper train fare is more than 300 yuan; One-way ticket 1000 yuan. Hundreds of dollars to play in five cities for six or seven days, but also to eat and live. Think about it. How is that possible? Even the transportation fee is not enough. " The tour guide said.
The tour guide's travel agency is a relatively advanced travel agency in our province, but it also does low-cost tours in five cities in East China. "Can't, the price is high, no one reported. Visitors are on business. We can't push the business out, but we will advise tourists to choose other routes as much as possible. If tourists have to go, they should make it clear in advance. " According to the quotation of this travel agency, there are 7 10 yuan/person, 7-day tour with two rooms and two boats 1450 yuan/person, and 6-day tour with two planes 1290 yuan/person. The price of the five-city, two-bedroom and seven-day shopping group in East China launched by Tuniu Travel Network Taiyuan Branch is 1559 yuan/person. "This is formal. If it is a zero tour fee or a negative tour fee, the land agency will not only get the money, but also pay the bill for the group agency in the field, that is, directly' sell' the guests. "