"Health care free travel": pie or trap?
source: public daily
some health products companies organize "travel" just cover, tourists are often "forced" to visit enterprises, listen to lectures, and buy health care products.
a considerable number of elderly people rush to "free travel", but organizers will not invest too much in tourism.
"free travel" is mainly targeted at the elderly. There is no insurance and agreement on the trip. Once there is health and safety problems, how to deal with it is a big worry.
newspaper reporter Gao Xiaolei "can sign up for free travel!" originally, this is some health care products company's propaganda words for the elderly. In Ji'nan, many elderly people are no stranger to "free travel". They are worth spring festival and are in the busy season of all kinds of "free travel" activities.
however, many tourists who have tasted "pie" for free have even shouted "fooled". It turned out that tourism is only a cover. Tourists are forced to visit, listen to lectures and buy health products. Tourism is discounted, in addition to the private organization of enterprises, there are hidden security risks, many visitors send out "free pie or trap" feeling; related health products companies also admit that the organization of free travel, the primary purpose is to promote the promotion of the company, but whether or not to buy products, completely decided by the tourists themselves.
on the eve of the Qing Ming Festival, a health care product company, located in Zhong Gong Zhen, Ji'nan City District, organized a group of old people from Ji'nan to visit the company. At the same time, it also called free play and attracted the participation of many elderly people. Visitors, according to the participants, were told to visit the company and accept the company's knowledge of health care products. Some tourists were also persuaded to buy health care products, and did not experience how much "tourism" felt.
in April 10th, the reporter called the company's telephone, the company staff said that the organization of the elderly to visit the company and in the south mountain area, is the company's regular promotion and promotion of the project, including fare meals, including the cost of the company, Ji'nan has been organized many times in the urban area. At present, other cities in the province and dealers in Hebei and Tianjin are also planning organizations. "In the course of the activity, we will also introduce the spirulina products to the customers. If we buy it in accordance with the amount of the lunar eclipse, it will be more than 400 yuan, and only 300 yuan will be needed if you buy it on the spot." The staff said.
the "trap" of "free travel" is becoming a "trap". The company is in charge of organizing free travel in Ji'nan area, Mr. Li said, the company mainly through the community to distribute information, organize propaganda activities, customer understanding after the telephone reservation. "We all know with customers beforehand, activities to visit enterprises, by the way to travel everywhere, voluntary registration, has been organized many times, the latest is April 2nd, more than sixty or seventy people each time, less than three or four ten. Whether tourists buy products is entirely voluntary, but the number of people buying live sites is very small. We mainly use this activity to improve publicity and product influence. In Ji'nan, there are many similar enterprises that promote publicity and promotion by means of "free travel". Many elderly people know or have participated in similar activities. The reporter interviewed some citizens at random in Ji'nan. Last year, Ms. Zhao said her mother took part in a health product organization, saying it was a free tour to Weifang. After the trip, only a local park was visited and the rest of the time was visited by the enterprise, listened to the health care lectures of the foster students, and bought back at the end of the "flicker". A therapeutic instrument for treating pain in the waist and legs.
"free travel" is the elderly, and how to deal with the problems of health or travel safety has become a hidden danger. Mr. Li said, "we are not a travel agency. We are all volunteers. We do not have insurance and agreements. We will speak clearly to the customers, and they all understand. Other health care companies have no insurance to organize tours. " Sun Mengchun, vice president of the Shandong provincial tourism supervision team, told reporters that the "free travel" of various health products companies is very common now, many of which are to seize the old people's desire for free. Because "completely free" is not a business activity, it is difficult to define whether it is legal and whether it should bear the obligations of tour operators.
"if there is a safety accident on the way, the organization will return the responsibility to the vehicle in accordance with the relevant traffic regulations; if there is an accident in the scenic area, the responsibility of the individual, the scenic area and the organization should be analyzed specifically, and it will be particularly troublesome to deal with." "Last year," Sun Mengchun said, "last year, a health product company organized a group of elderly people to go to Dezhou Dayan island to soak a hot spring, of which old people died of heart disease, and health products companies ran."