A cheap tour group of 99 yuan in China has thousands of people standing in the snow eating braised vegetables with steamed buns (Photo credit: video screenshot)
In recent years, “zero-fare” or cheap tours have become prevalent in China, but the resulting chaos has also raised many concerns. Recently, a Chinese blogger took part in a cheap two-day, one-night 99-group tour and uploaded a video of the food and accommodation conditions to YouTube, showing thousands of tourists riding a green train and eating stew and steamed buns in the open on a snowy day, which was quite harrowing. One user said, “If I didn’t say it was a tour, I would have thought it was a desert”.
The channel where the video was uploaded is called “No Frills China”. The blogger said in the introduction that he has no money maker and no advertising, so he has nothing to worry about, so what he says in the film is true.
In the video, the blogger said he joined a 99 yuan package two-day tour in November this year, departing at 6 a.m. to Henan Jiaozuo station to gather, and more than 1,000 people with the same group took a green train to Henan Lingbao city to visit the Huanguguan Pass, Temple River Mountain, Swan Lake in Sanmenxia City and Shaanzhou Dikeng Yuan.
When they arrived at Lingbao City, they were welcomed by the local leadership team with gongs and drums and a parade of cloths. Then, they were separated into more than 20 tour buses to go to Temple River Mountain. When they arrived at their destination at about 1:00 p.m., it was very cold and snowing on the mountain. The group was cold and hungry, but the tour group only arranged two locations in the village to entertain the 1,000 group members, and the only lunch provided was a large pot of mixed vegetables with steamed buns. A large number of tourists (many without masks) lined up in the snow to receive their meals, then huddled next to each other and ate standing up in the snow and wind.
The blogger sighed: “There are too many people, I can’t eat the second bowl, the snow is falling, get in the car, and then go back to the hotel to eat. Low-priced group what else is required? One price is worth every penny.”
Then, the bus drove them to the store street specializing in gold jewelry, but this is a temporary addition to the trip. The tour guide said that gold is cheap here, arranged an hour for them to get off to see, stressing that “non-compulsory shopping”. But the blogger said, he looked at the group’s itinerary does not have a gold store shopping this item, he reminded: “low-cost group into the store shopping is a trip to avoid, I hope that we travel with the group to be more sensible”. At 6:30 p.m., they returned to the hotel where they were staying to rest. He shared a room with a strange uncle, the use of chargers in the room are charged separately, but the room, the bathroom is quite clean, at least a hot shower no problem.
The video was sent out after the hot debate. Some netizens said: “This is not a tourist ah? It is clear that it is a refugee ah”, “zero group fee low cost group really do not make you satisfied, choose the cheap should be psychologically prepared”, “right, one price one goods”, “before Figure cheap to participate in a zero group fee, in addition to a reservoir, the remaining 2 days are consumption, think about it, zero group fee to take you to play there is no such thing as pie in the sky? The result of our group per capita to buy jade are spent 3000. can not help but take you to the jewelry store every day ah, from then on, I have changed to free travel, can not afford ah “, “this is not bad, not let you buy things, the hotel at least look past. I once participated in a group in Sichuan, living in a temple, even hot water at night, my whole body was plastered with baby warmers “,” low-cost groups are tears, to go to the cheap grandparents, and finally be ripped off also have to admit “.
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