What are the hidden routines and scams of "Suzhou One-Day Tour"?

This article is the 30th observation article of Tourism Knowledge Workshop.

The 30th stop of "High-speed Rail Tour to China" series-Suzhou.

Author: navigator

Brief Introduction of "China High-speed Railway Tour" Series

This topic starts from Chengdu, the city where the author lives, and runs through 100 tourist cities across the country along the high-speed rail (the route is not repeated, but completed in one line). Each city has a question, a theme and an article, and deeply digs into the natural and humanistic tourism culture of the city.

Not travel notes, not raiders, but urban tourism observation with taste, attitude and analysis!

Beijing-shanghai high speed railway

G 140, Shanghai Hongqiao-Suzhou North, lasting 23 minutes.

Suzhou, a famous tourist city in China, has always been famous for its beautiful scenery and elegant gardens. It has the reputation of "the garden in the south of the Yangtze River is the best in the world, and the garden in Suzhou is the best in the south of the Yangtze River", and it is also known as the "Oriental Water Capital" because of its characteristics as an ancient water town with small bridges and flowing water.

However, as a national civilized city and an ecological garden city, Suzhou is also a city famous for its tourism. Suzhou has been criticized for its "one-day tour" chaos.

Today's article will take you into Suzhou, the 30th stop of the "High-speed Rail Tour to China" series, and reveal the routine and scam of "Suzhou One-Day Tour".

General situation of Suzhou

Suzhou, formerly known as Wu, also known as Gusu and Pingjiang, is a national ecological garden city and a scenic tourist city.

Suzhou is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities in China, with a long history of nearly 2,500 years, and is the birthplace of Wu culture. Suzhou ancient city and Suzhou gardens are a combination of "world cultural heritage" and "world intangible cultural heritage".

Suzhou has always been famous for its beautiful scenery and elegant gardens. It has the reputation of "Jiangnan Garden is the best in the world and Suzhou Garden is the best in the south of the Yangtze River", and it is also known as "Oriental Water Capital" because of the characteristics of small bridges and flowing water, just like Venice in Italy.

0 1/ Ride scam

The one-stop scam of "Suzhou One-Day Tour" started at the railway station and bus station. "Rain or shine, they are always there for you." This is not a romantic love story, but a black tour guide outside Suzhou railway station and bus station.

In the parking lot outside the station, there is an official bus directly to the city, named Suzhou Haoxing. You can buy a card and take the shuttle bus directly to various scenic spots. However, in the same parking lot, there are many free sightseeing buses, which are said to be "Huimin buses".

If you listen to those who attract tourists and get on these so-called free "Huimin buses", you will fall into the pit of "Suzhou one-day tour" from the moment you enter Suzhou.

As the saying goes, "there will be no pie in the sky." Similarly, taking a free tour bus to visit scenic spots is also a big loss. From the moment you get on the bus, the black tour guide will try his best to sell you various attractive offers, such as tour packages, day trips, shopping and dining places, etc. If you can't resist the temptation to buy these so-called "preferential products", congratulations, you will go further and further on the road of being cheated.

If you are unmoved and insist on going to hotels, restaurants and other places booked in advance, then they will show their true colors and kick you out of the car halfway and leave.

After being kicked out of the car, you may meet some enthusiastic old people pulling rickshaws. Rickshaw charges are not high, usually a few dollars, which is much more cost-effective than taking a taxi. Coupled with the scorching sun or the biting wind, it is very difficult to make a living and make money. At one time, I felt sorry and got on a rickshaw.

Along the way, the old man pulling rickshaws was very enthusiastic and made you feel good. At this time, he dreamed that there were many good people in the world, and Suzhou was still a civilized and friendly city. After that, the old man began to introduce the local subsidies for tourism in Suzhou and various preferential policies for tourism.

Believe it or not, you finally let the old man send himself to a place similar to a "distribution center". When I got off the bus, there were still various advertisements such as package tickets and car use. If you really can't stand the temptation at this time, the ending will be exactly the same as last season.

If you are stubborn by nature, don't be fooled by rhetoric, and always stick to your inner principles, then you will either be refused to ride in the rickshaw or be kicked off the bus again on the way.

02/ ticketing routine

When you are lucky enough to buy these so-called "discount packages", you may be glad that you got a big bargain at first. After all, you can visit the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Panmen, Dingyuan and Tangyin Garden for only 100 yuan.

When signing the contract, keep your eyes open and carefully see if the contract includes those famous scenic spots. Otherwise, you will be fooled if you are not careful. At that time, it is written in black and white on the "contract" that even if it is found that it has been cheated, it will be difficult to get the ticket back.

If you find that the scenic spots don't match when signing the "contract", they will also prevaricate you with various reasons. For example, "Humble Administrator's Garden is under maintenance recently, even if you go in, it won't look good." "Lion Grove is rainy and slippery, and it's easy to wrestle when you go in", balabala? Then began to promote the beauty of cruise ships, Dingyuan, Tangyin Garden and other attractions, so that you have the impulse to "not go at this time, regret for life."

In fact, on their "thief boat", you will find that the so-called canal tour around the city is actually less than three kilometers, and the scenery on both sides of the strait really can't see the beauty of the ancient canal.

Moreover, besides sailing, the boatman also started a sideline. 10 yuan, a set of Suzhou tourist cards. Buy it. It's useless. Don't buy it. The boatman muttered, "Now people don't support traveling in China at all. They all go to Japan to buy toilet seats." It seems that you are a traitor to the motherland and a scum of the nation.

In addition to the main business and sideline business, the tertiary industry is also indispensable. There is a melodious song from a nearby cruise ship, and the boatman will ask you if you want to hear it. After getting a positive answer, when the ship is about to dock, he will say, "We don't sing at ordinary times, but it's not easy to sing today. Give a hint. " So, he was set up again.

I finally went ashore to the legendary "Qili Mountain Pond", only to find that it was free! Only a few small scenic spots charge. Similarly, most of the so-called "Suzhou Gardens" in the itinerary are shanzhai, and the bad reviews and spit are constant.

03/ Shanzhai Scenic Area

The favorite scenic spots of Suzhou gardens for tour groups are Dingyuan Garden and Tangyin Garden.

Dingyuan is not an official scenic spot in Suzhou, but a privately contracted small scenic spot. The tour guide said that it was built in Liu Bowen, but there was no textual research. As early as 2065438+April 2005, Dingyuan received a "serious warning" from the Tourism Bureau because of untimely rectification, outdated facilities, chaotic management of scenic spots and numerous complaints. In other words, it is the "cottage version of Suzhou Garden".

As a tourist group's favorite scenic spot, once in the distance, there is a smell of copper everywhere. If you listen to the tour guide's explanation and want to visit the flower bed, there will be one-stop services such as bowing, burning incense, drawing lots, signing, offering flowers and donating money for you. Of course, even if the wallet bleeds, you will want to cry without tears.

Speaking of Tangyin Garden, it was not a tourist attraction at all before, but now it has been occupied by selling calligraphy, painting and antiques. As for the truth, only the store can understand it. It is also full of "so-and-so painting academy" masters who talk nonsense and fool people. The cost is staggering. Of course, it's all aimed at tourists. You can fool one.

As for the so-and-so garden near Tiger Hill, it actually does not belong to Tiger Hill, and the two do not interact with each other. The Palace of Freedom and Loyalty and the Humble Administrator's Garden are also separated by a wall. Shantang Street is free to enter, but tickets are charged for some small scenic spots inside.

If by this time, you have discovered these "one-day tour" scams, you can either complain to the police in time or run away early to avoid being fooled more. If you can't get away from it, there is a more aggravated "shopping trap" waiting for you.

04/ shopping trap

It is not too much to take part in the "one-day tour" in Suzhou and just look at the scenic spots, even the small scenic spots in the cottage. However, a "day trip" without shopping is not a "day trip to Suzhou".

Suzhou Silk Exhibition Hall and Pearl Museum, as shanzhai scenic spots and sky-high shopping spots, have further refreshed people's understanding of "Suzhou one-day tour".

In the silk exhibition hall, the tour guide will try his best to trick you into buying so-called "authentic silk products". "People's five-star hotels, the cheapest are 1200 a night, and family suites are as high as 7,000 a night. The silk exhibition hall we are visiting now costs more than 2,000 Jin of silk quilts. Think about falling asleep in a silky quilt every day, which is equivalent to applying a silk mask to the whole body. Your skin will become extremely smooth and delicate? "

Are you excited at the moment? If you accompany your parents, if you don't buy it, you will be regarded as "unfilial descendants." If you buy it, the sky-high "silk products" will make your heart bleed. At this time, the tour guide will snicker at the side, and so many brainless people will take the bait again.

After buying silk, I have to buy pearls. Is Suzhou rich in pearls? God knows. But Suzhou does have a so-called "Pearl Museum" in Taihu Lake.

Like the Silk Road routine, first visit the pearl exhibits, and then start to be fooled into buying various pearl products. Pearl jewelry, pearl powder, pearl facial cleanser, pearl toothpaste? There are only things you can't think of here, and there is nothing you can't do. It's fine if they are all genuine, but when it comes to genuine products, who knows who will buy them?

If you don't buy it, just the sarcastic eyes and words of the tour guide will make you feel ashamed. If you argue righteously, or persuade people in the same trade not to buy. Then, waiting for you, swearing is light, and fists are heavy.

In addition, the high-priced meals in the itinerary have also formed an intertwined interest chain with traffic, black tour guides, cottage attractions, shopping spots and other links. Although the Suzhou government is also vigorously rectifying this kind of tourism chaos, the effect does not seem obvious.

Here, we also hope that it can be completely solved one day. After all, Suzhou, as a famous tourist city, has world cultural heritage and elite attractions such as Suzhou ancient city and Suzhou gardens. We can't deny the whole city of Suzhou because of the chaos of "one-day tour in Suzhou", but if it continues to deteriorate, we will lose not only Suzhou tourism, but also the good image of China among tourists at home and abroad.

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