The relevant person in charge of Yanqing District told the Beijing News reporter on the same day that in addition to investigating the shops involved, it will also investigate the tourist attractions in the whole region and crack down on illegal business practices in tourism markets such as illegal shopping places with a "zero tolerance" attitude.
Three stores, including Huaxia Mingyan Garden, were shut down.
According to a previous investigation by the Beijing News reporter, as a shopping spot of "Black Day Tour", "Huaxia Mingyan Garden" sells handicrafts such as blessing cards and "God beast" pendants to tourists through geomantic omen and fortune telling, and some tourists are cheated by nearly 10,000 yuan.
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Beijing News reporter came to the "Huaxia Mingyuan Garden" in Dayushu Town, Yanqing District with law enforcement officers. There were no tourists and tourist buses inside and outside the tens of thousands of square meters compound, and some counters in the exhibition hall had been cleaned. A commentator who stayed in the store said that "Huaxia Mingyan Garden" is an "exhibition place" for tourists to visit and sell inkstones. The staff member said that he did not know about the "God beast" crafts, the tips for installing pendants, and the jade articles covered by tablecloths under the table. According to the reporter's previous unannounced visit, these items are handicrafts sold after telling the fortune of tourists.
Yanqing Branch of Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce issued a Notice of Order to Correct on the spot to the person in charge of "Huaxia Mingyanyuan", and found that Beijing Huaxia Mingyanyuan Culture Communication Co., Ltd., the operator of "Huaxia Mingyanyuan", was suspected of engaging in false propaganda and violated the Law of the People's Republic of China on Unfair Competition, and ordered it to immediately suspend the illegal sales of goods. In addition, the "Huaxia Mingyan Garden" has also been identified as an illegal building and will be demolished by the urban management office.
Since then, another jade shop near "Huaxia Mingyanyuan" without a store name has also been dealt with for alleged false propaganda. Another store that sells preserved fruits, roast ducks and other specialties and provides performing arts for tourists was also closed for rectification because the fire-fighting facilities were not up to standard.
Law enforcement officers also shut down the above three shops and posted seals at the door. Law enforcement officials said that all law enforcement units have filed an investigation on "Huaxia Mingyan Garden" and will further deal with the store according to law.
"Black Day Tour" travel agency license was temporarily suspended.
In response to the "Qianmen Travel Agency" where the Beijing News reporter had previously signed up for the "Black Day Tour", the Beijing Tourism Law Enforcement Brigade also conducted an inspection yesterday afternoon.
According to the business license of Qianmen Travel Agency, its full name is Qianmen Sales Department of Beijing Yanmo Republic of China Travel Agency Co., Ltd.. On-site law enforcement officers said that after preliminary investigation, the travel agency was suspected of changing the travel itinerary without authorization and not signing a travel contract with tourists, which violated the relevant provisions of the Tourism Law and the Travel Agency Regulations.
On-site law enforcement officers temporarily detained the business license of the travel agency, the registration certificate of travel agency service outlets, the tax registration certificate, two official seals and a stack of receipts. "During the investigation, the travel agency is prohibited from operating tourism-related businesses, and the next step will be to investigate and deal with the travel agency according to the investigation. According to the regulations, the travel agency can be fined 20,000 to/kloc-0.00 million if the travel contract is not signed." Law enforcement officials said.
Li Xue, head of the one-day tour section of the Beijing Tourism Law Enforcement Brigade, reminded that the majority of tourists, first, choose a regular travel agency to sign up for the tour, and second, sign a formal travel contract with the travel agency, and collect the formal invoices and receipts issued by the travel agency.
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Yanqing will check the scenic spots in the whole region
Yesterday afternoon, the relevant person in charge of Yanqing District said that the district committee and district government had set up a working group to hold a special meeting, instructing the district tourism commission to take the lead in multi-department investigation of the shops involved. In the next step, Yanqing District will not only further investigate and deal with the enterprises involved in accordance with the law, but also take this opportunity to arrange and inspect the tourist attractions, hotels and restaurants and other reception places in the whole district, and investigate and deal with violations in time to further purify the Yanqing tourism market.
At the same time, Yanqing District will also jointly carry out crackdown and rectification actions with the Beijing Tourism Law Enforcement Brigade and the Beijing Public Security Bureau's Environmental Food and Drug Brigade Corps, investigate and deal with the travel agencies involved, manage from the source, and strengthen the rectification of the tourism environment in the whole region.
In addition, on the occasion of the May Day holiday, the Yanqing Tourism Commission, together with the Safety Supervision Bureau, Quality Supervision Bureau, Health Bureau, Food and Drug Administration, Fire Brigade and other relevant departments, organized a joint inspection of tourism safety production during the May Day holiday. The inspection team requested that reception units such as key scenic spots, hotels and restaurants should rectify the existing security risks and tourism business units that operate illegally within a time limit.
Why is it difficult to ban "Black Day Tour"?
The means of soliciting customers and cheating are endless, and the "catch me if you can" is staged with law enforcers.
"Black Day Tour has existed since the large-scale development of tourism in Beijing, and it has existed for at least 20 years." Liu Deqian, an academic consultant of the Tourism Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, believes that it is still difficult to ban illegal day tours because of their thin profits, which are not valued by most regular travel agencies. "Black Day Tour" wins the trust of tourists under the brand of regular travel agencies, and the infringed regular travel agencies are unable to confront them because of the high cost of rights protection and litigation.
In addition, illegal day trips to attract tourists and deception methods emerge in an endless stream, and "catch me if you can" is staged with law enforcers, which makes supervision more difficult.
"According to your inspection, they have different countermeasures," said Li Xue, head of the one-day tour section of the Beijing Tourism Law Enforcement Brigade. Taking the means of attracting tourists as an example, more than 90% of illegal one-day tours were registered online in previous years. Last year, law enforcement departments carried out a clean-up operation, and the number of online applicants dropped sharply, but the number of offline visitors increased again. "In Wangfujing and Tiananmen Square, which are crowded with people, there are illegal solicitations. Some people even wear bus uniforms and impersonate bus workers to attract customers."
Li Xue said that as a "stubborn disease", the means of shopping in stores are also diversified. From praying for children at the earliest to making friends now, the purpose is to induce tourists to buy goods by illegal means. The organization of illegal day trips is very strict, and there are arrangements for business operations such as attracting tourists, guiding tourists and shopping. "They use less coercion now, but they will still use other threats and inducements, making it more difficult to obtain evidence."
How to treat "Black Day Tour"?
Expert: Regular day trips should be allowed to squeeze the market space of illegal day trips.
Liu Deqian, an academic consultant of the Tourism Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, believes that efforts should be made to develop regular day trips and squeeze the market space of illegal day trips.
"Let foreign tourists have easy access to regular day trips." Liu Deqian suggested that large-scale hotels can do a good job of selling regular one-day tours, introduce tourists to regular travel agencies, and regular travel agencies should also do a good job in planning, operating and receiving one-day tours.
Liu Deqian suggested learning from the experience of one-day bus tour in Shanghai. "There are regular travel agencies specializing in day trips in Shanghai. Their buses are printed with the words" day trips "and there are many boarding points along the way. Tourists will not be fooled when they take a bus with obvious signs. " He said.
Liu Simin, vice president of the Tourism Branch of China Future Research Association, believes that "Black Day Tour is large in scale, but the specific damage to each tourist is relatively small, resulting in few tourists staying to defend their rights. It is more difficult for tourists to obtain evidence and defend their rights by themselves, but the benefits brought by safeguarding rights are too small. "
Liu Simin said that compensation for victims of illegal day trips should be increased. With the increase of rights protection income, the victims' enthusiasm for rights protection will be enhanced, and the deterrent effect on illegal crimes will also be enhanced.