湖南一旅行社組團“不接待記者、孕婦”被查處
Screenshot of the advertisement of Enjoying Going International Travel Agency, highlighting the discrimination words. [Photo from web]
A travel agency in Changde, Hunan province, was punished on Wednesday for a tourism product that discriminates against pregnant women, journalists, tour guides and people with disabilities, local authorities said.
據當地旅游局稱，湖南常德一家旅行社因推出歧視孕婦、記者、導游和殘疾人的旅游產品，上周三被查處。
湖南省常德市的一家大型旅行社日前利用官方微信平臺推出一款名為“五一特惠三日游桂林”的旅游線路。在該線路的廣告宣傳中有一項名為“特別說明”的內容，其中寫道：恕不接待：記者、導游、孕婦，全團為殘疾人(單一殘疾人的需要家屬陪同);旅游從業人員及親友。
特別說明中還規定，收客正常年齡為24-69歲，不在年齡范圍加收200元/人;請配合進店，若存在離團現象，收取200/人離團費(an extra 200 yuan would be charged for people whose ages were not between 24 to 69 or those who refused to enter the store the agency recommended)。
25日晚，涉事的常德親和力國際旅行社有限公司撤下了該條廣告(deleted the offer)并通過官網發布了致歉聲明(posted an open letter of apology)，表示該廣告是公司內部工作人員在失誤且未經審核把關的情況下發出(explaining the advertisement as a clerical error by some staff and from inadequate supervision from leaders)。
常德市旅游外事僑務局(The Changde bureau of tourism, foreign and overseas Chinese affairs)表示，將對全市旅行社線路產品開展專項清理整治行動(conduct a special inspection campaign of all the city's travel agencies)，嚴厲打擊違法違規宣傳行為(crack down on illegal advertising)。
【相關詞匯】
消費歧視 consumer discrimination
旅行團 tour group
旅游套餐 tourism package
強迫購物 forced shopping
低價旅游產品 budget travel product
購物陷阱 shopping trap
