Super Zoo-Chapter 696 - 686 Taoyuan Travel Company

Despite the vigorous campaign in Jiangcheng City to rectify the chaotic situation in the tourism industry, eliminating a number of tourist traps and rogue guides, the performance of the tourism sector actually encountered a significant decline, with both the number of visitors and the total consumption experiencing a large-scale drop when compared to the same period in previous years.

The impact of the vicious incident where a pregnant woman was beaten until she miscarried by a rogue guide could not be smoothed over in a short time.

The influence of the event continued to spread, and the affected areas were no longer just Jiangcheng City; the tourism businesses of many well-known tourist spots around the country suffered as well.

Rogue guides, compulsory shopping, and irresponsible travel agencies—these perennial problems had been breeding resentment among the populace. This incident ignited public fury, completely unleashing the pent-up anger of travellers who had been deceived.

"Last year, my family went to Xiangjiang for a holiday, and I still get angry thinking about it. We didn't even choose a cheap tour. Once we arrived, the local guide didn't take us sightseeing at all. Instead, we were locked in a gold shop with several tattooed brutes guarding the door, refusing to let us leave without buying anything. I was terrified..."

"Buying gold might be considered lucky, at least it's real value. I went to the grasslands with my girlfriend, and the guide tried selling us Tianshan Snow Lotus, saying it was good for beauty, complexion, and longevity... Damn it, we came back and had an old Chinese medicine expert evaluate it. One thousand bucks, and we bought two jin of wild mushrooms—uncooked, to boot..."

"Everything's so expensive by the sea, shrimp for 88 yuan. I had over thirty of them, only to find out they were charged by weight... And about that grouper, I merely asked for the price. Without a word, the owner snatched it up and killed it in front of me—said I couldn't leave without buying..."

"What you've been through is nothing. My whole family took a tour to Thailand last year, and the guide insisted we watch an adult transvestite show. Shit, I was with my wife and son. My son's only four years old. Why the hell would we want to see a transvestite show? My son kept asking me why that 'sister' had a cock... a dick. What was I supposed to say? The guide even threatened us with talk of many organ traffickers around the area, warning that he would take no responsibility if something happened because we didn't obey..."

"What kind of holiday is this? Paying to be treated like dirt..."

"Customers are gods, but once we gods hand over the money, we're just lambs to the slaughter..."

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"Give it a rest, I know all about Hehai Less Youth. The shopping might be a bit less, but if you spend too little, the guide starts fuming, looking like you owe him eight hundred yuan. He never stops with the nasty comments and sarcastic remarks."

As netizens hotly debated online, they also shared numerous photos and videos of being ripped off during their travels. The internet swiftly turned into a grand grievance airing session, with 'travel scams' surging to the top spot in Baidu's search rankings.

Incidents from the previous years where tourists had been scammed with outrageously priced shrimp, horseback rides, and reports of tourists being beaten by unidentified men to the point of hospitalization also resurfaced, reoccupying the discourse.

There were those who vented their outrage, and others who fanned the flames, with the bandwagon effect fully manifesting online. As more people joined the conversation, they freely expressed their opinions and judged the matters at hand.

Some even proposed a collective boycott of travel groups, encouraging the spirit of independent travel and championing self-organized trips. Although these views were extreme, it could not be denied that the North Fourth Ring incident in Jiangcheng City had a significant impact on the entire tourism industry. Many people with planned vacations now hesitated and watched, and more seriously, developed a profound distrust of travel agencies, becoming fearful of traveling.

Who knew if they might encounter a rogue guide like the one in the incident? And if so, what could be done? Could they only fight desperately like the husband on North Fourth Ring?

Forget it, forget it, it's a holiday after all, better just stay home and lie down, minimize going out and inviting trouble.

Once the damage is done, it's not that easy to mend, despite the practical and forceful actions taken by tourism organizations and local regulatory departments everywhere, the tourism industry seemed to have become desolate overnight.

Just at this time, Taoyuan's popular Weibo account with over three million followers and all of Taoyuan Group's media outlets, along with Yangchuan City TV Station, Yangchuan Daily, Yangchuan Forum, and several well-known domestic online media outlets, simultaneously exerted their efforts to report on a piece of news that seemed out of place.

Against a gloomy backdrop in the tourism industry, Suming, a well-known young entrepreneur from Yangchuan City, relying on zoo resources, the natural environment of Qinling and Huating Reservoir, and incorporating the newly established animal conservation area and Orgrimmar Animal City, invested tens of millions to establish "Taoyuan Travel Company".

This news immediately drew the attention of the internet.

Not because of Suming himself—though he is quite famous, he was not yet a household name across the country, and his popularity was not on par with top-tier or second-tier celebrities;

Nor was it because of the business scope of the travel company: zoos, Qinling, conservation areas. These places are top-notch in Yangchuan City, but on a national level, they are not as well-known as many nationally famous 5A tourist spots.

The key lay in the timing of the company's establishment.

At a stage when the national tourism industry was in a slump, the internet was lambasting every travel company without discrimination, and it seemed as if nothing good was associated with travel companies!

Under normal thinking, it would be a time to hide, not to act, but Taoyuan Company was actually doing the opposite, choosing this precise time to enter the tourism industry.

Theoretically speaking, doing business is sometimes akin to buying stocks, where one can buy in at a low cost when the market is down, and sell high for a big profit when the market recovers.

But in actual operation, this is an extremely risky behavior, because you never know when exactly the real trough will be or when the market will start to rise again.

So, the usual approach is to follow the trend—whatever industry is booming, you go into that.

The establishment of Taoyuan Travel Company caught the eye not only because of its high-profile entry in such a unique period and with a controversial stance, but the appointment of the specific person in charge, the general manager, was even more explosive news.

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The actual person responsible for Taoyuan Company, General Manager Yang Tao, was none other than the young owner of Sunshine Travel Agency, the company at fault in the previous scandal involving illegal tour guides in Jiangcheng City.

Entering the industry with high-profile during a time of downturn, and appointing a person with a significant blemish in the industry to manage operations, what on earth was Taoyuan Company's background and what exactly did it intend to do? And who was that young entrepreneur, Suming?

In an instant, the huge attention that had been caused by the illegal tour guide and retaliatory collision incidents on the internet seamlessly shifted to Taoyuan Company.