Price cuts offered on Asian tours
6/7/2004 15:51
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
Despite airfare
increases for international flights, travel agencies in Beijing are offering
large price cuts on tours to Asian countries in a bid to claim more of the
summer market, eastday.com reported today.
The Beijing Shenzhou International
Travel Agency Group offered four-day self-organized tour to Tokyo priced only at
3,330 yuan (US$401), including three-day accommodation fees at three-star hotels
in Tokyo and round-trip airfares between Beijing and Tokyo.
The price is the
lowest ever of its kind in Beijing, although tourists are required to handle
visa affairs and pay food there by themselves, said an employee with the Beijing
Shenzhou International Travel Agency Group, adding that the tour might be a hit
to businesspeople.
The travel agency also provided seven-day luxury liner
tour to South Korea at 2,580 yuan.
On July 11, the General Agency of China
Youth Travel Service will offer seven-day tour to Thailand at only 2,980 yuan,
covering such popular scenic spots as Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket.
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