The mother, surnamed Tian, is from Hebei Province in northern China. Bought a travel program for a group tour for 17,000 yuan or more than 84,800 baht fromYunnan Guoyou International Travel Service Company Take the family (father, mother and 3 children, total 5 people) to travel to Lijiang. Popular tourist attractions in Yunnan Province (Yunnan) through travel agencies Yunnan Guoyou has appointed Yunnan Golden Tree Leaf International Travel. Be a manager who takes a group of tourists on a trip.
Chinese media paper It was revealed that on the third day of the tour (February 12), Tian's family quarreled with the tour guide surnamed Zhang after she refused to buy jewelry from a jade shop in Lijiang. The store representative tried to convince her to buy a bracelet worth 50,000 yuan, equivalent to 249,484 baht in Thai baht*, saying that she liked the bracelet but it was too expensive for her.
The sales lady did not give up yet another question: why not buy a bracelet? “Not satisfied with their sales or product recommendations?”
Then the saleswoman in the jade shop went to talk to the tour guide Mr. Zhang, and after that Mr. Zhang came and asked Mrs. Tian: “Are you sure you won't buy the bracelet?”
At that time, Ms. Tian discovered that other tourists had also bought jade jewelry at the store where the guide took her shopping. But she insists on not buying the bracelet.
The most expensive piece of jade jewelry in the store costs more than 20,000 yuan (about 99,857 baht), and tourists on the bus bought more than 800,000 yuan (about 3.994 million baht) of jade jewelry in total.
When Ms. Tian insisted not to buy the bracelets, Mr. Zhang asked her to get the family off the bus and find another tour bus.
Mrs. Tian was angry and shocked by the incident. Various agencies reported her family's expulsion from the tour group, including the Lijiang Municipal Tourism and Culture Bureau, the police, and tour operators.
The local tourism commission investigated Ms. Tian's complaint on February 18, with the result that Mr. Zhang was fined 20,000 yuan (or 99,771.40) and his tour guide license was suspended for three months.
Not only that, Yunnan Golden Tree Leaf International Travel Company, which organizes tour groups on the trip. His work license was also cancelled.
Ms. Tian received a refund of 10,000 yuan from Yunnan Guoyou International Travel Service Company and is still waiting for an apology from Mr. Zhang.
When Ms. Thean's case was publicized in the media and social media causing dissatisfaction many people joined in condemning guides who force you to buy products at tourist attractions.
“Truly incredible! One netizen commented, “The price of the bracelet is still more expensive than the tour package for five people.”
“This is tourism!” “There are traps every step along the way,” another person commented.
If tour guides force tour guests to shop this regularly becomes news and sparks anger among Chinese people.
For example, last January. A tour guide threatened and harassed three students after they refused to buy an expensive tour package to a snowy town in northern China.
In May of last year, a video was released. Tour guide in tourist areas in southwest China They force tourists to buy things. Saying that the car will not continue its journey until they “donate money” to the store.
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