Tourists stroll through Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. Photo from Wiki
A tour guide forced a family of Chinese tourists off a bus for refusing to buy a bracelet worth 50,000 yuan ($6,950), prompting tourism authorities to launch an investigation.
A tourist surnamed Tian from Hebei Province purchased a tour package costing 17,000 yuan for her family of five to visit Lijiang City in Yunnan Province during the Spring Festival. South China Morning Post reported.
On February 12, the third day of their trip, the tour guide took the tour group to a store in Lijiang that sold jade items.
The guide then tried to convince Tian to buy a bracelet for 50,000 yuan, The paper reported.
But she refused because the price was too high.
The tourist then discovered that other members of the group had purchased expensive products, but she still decided to say no despite the tour guide’s warnings.
The tour guide then asked his family to take another bus.
Tian reported the incident to local tourism authorities, who then launched an investigation.
On February 18, the tour guide was fined 20,000 yuan and suspended for three months, according to Theirs.
The incident became a hot topic on Chinese social media, with many criticizing the tour guide.
