2016年CRI Beijing Starts Investigation of Illegal Tour Guide's Swearing at Tourists

 

The video has gone viral. It shows a tour guide swearing at a tourist who asked why his group did not stop at a famous tourism resort.

It was later found out that the video was shot on the third day of the spring festival holiday in Beijing's Changping District, where the Ming Tombs are located.

The tourists were taken on an illegal "one-day Beijing trip" that often involves more shopping than sightseeing.

So far, no direct reports from tourists involved in the incident have been received, which makes the investigation¹ difficult for the authorities.

Despite this, the head of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development, Song Yu, says action will be taken immediately to investigate the incident.

"We have dispatched a special administrator² to investigate the issue after seeing it online. It brings us some trouble as there were no direct reports to us. Next step, we are trying to find this illegal tour guide through reports from the public. He belongs to the kind of black sheep tour operators who have an extreme bad effect on Beijing's tourism."

Analysts³ say Beijing's tourism industry is in urgent need for streamlining. One of the obvious issues is the "one-day Beijing trip" which often involves the tour guide forcing the tourists to make purchases, and can sometimes lead to verbal or physical assaults.

Song Yu says the Beijing authorities are planning to offer rewards for information on illegal tour guides.

"The Ming Tombs resort used to be one of the most famous tourism destinations for Beijing's one-day trips. However, its fame has been badly damaged by illegal tour guides. We sent out over 20 thousand people to stop these illegal activities last year but failed to eradicate⁴ them. We will spare no effort to solve this problem this year. Once we verified the deeds of one illegal tour guide, he will be put on the blacklist which means he will be banned from occupying jobs related to tourism. "

In analyzing⁵ the issue, experts say the reasons behind the persistent⁶ existence of illegal tour guides are complex.

Along with the lack of supervision⁷ by the authorities, inappropriate relationships between travel agencies and tour guides in China are also cited as part of the problem.

These tour guides have neither basic salary nor much insurance and their incomes rely solely⁸ on spending by tourists.

Experts also call for the public to choose legal travel agencies and not believe those zero fee tourism services.

For CRI, this is Niu Honglin.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

3 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

4 eradicate   

v.根除，消灭，杜绝

参考例句：

• These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
• They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

5 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

6 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

7 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

8 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。