Shopping During Your Journey

Travelling becomes a common activity for relax with the development of society and the increasing living standards of human beings. Tour will not only brings physical relax but also spiritual refresh. Therefore, people usually go to travel on holidays, it broadens personal vision and opens up people’s mind. At the same time, you have the chance to feel the cultural character and ethnic-minority customs in person. According to survey, the number of tourists is tremendously increasing in recent years around the world. It is universally assumed that tour is aimed at appreciating beautiful scenery, but shopping is an indispensable activity during a trip. The news always broadcasts the phenomenon that tourists are cheated by vendors to buy some fake products at a high price. In different scenic spots, there are different specialties in different places including jewelry, ornaments and so on. When you go to a different place, you are inclined to buy some local goods as a present for friends and relatives, or as souvenir. When you try to choose the goods with local characteristics rather than buying some funny little toys or small gifts. Although the price is not very expensive, generally both the quality and practicality are not very good. According to a person, he travelled to Hong Kong and bought a brooch for his wife at a relatively low price. Because the cheap brooches look extremely beautiful and delicate, and the seller claimed this kind of brooches are made of genuine gold, which would costs lots of money in other jewelry markets. Lots of tourists believe his words; however, in two hours after wearing, the color of the brooch turns into black and yellow. His wife threw away the ugly brooch. The case reminds visitors to be cautious to choose products when you go travelling. As a matter of fact, relatively large numbers of people are cheated when travelling. As a result, how to avoid shopping trap in journey is really a university. First, buy some local specialties. The local specialty goods not only have memorable and authentic meaning, also have a price advantage, which is worth buying. Dragon well tea in Hangzhou, coconut in Hainan, ethnic costumes in Yunnan, Tibetan hada, they are all having local feature and memorable significance. It is a good choice to purchase these kinds of products as a souvenir as gifts sent to friends and family. Second, avoid getting things on the cheap.In some scenic areas, many counterfeit and shoddy goods are provided such as pearl, necklace, tea and the like. Visitors need to endure the temptation of price and selling. Sometimes you thought you accounted for big cheap when you bought cheap jewelry; finally it proves to be false after discrimination. In addition, it is better not to believe in the hype or evasive advertising when you go on a trip. Package tours travel must select a travel agency with high degree of transparency, good reputation and good service. In this way, your trip can be safeguarded. Tourism shopping should be given more attention. It is better not to buy or buy fewer souvenirs in scenic spots and roadside shops. If you decide to purchase, you should shop around, bargain and avoid loss suffer. Because the items selling in scenic and roadside shops are generally much more expensive than the price of the local town shops. In a word, travelling is a joyful experience to see pretty scenery or enjoy historical heritages. If you are overcharged, the mood of tourism will be reduced. So please take care when you go outside world.