As foreigners, while traveling China, some prefer travelling independently; some would like to book a tour; others go in between – partially independent and partially relying on a tour operator.
If you are going to book a tour or a part of the tour, now you are facing two choices – using your tour operators based at home or contacting the local ground handlers in the destinations you are going to exlpore in China.
Before the advent of the internet age, people coming to China only had one choice of taking the tours sold by the travel agents next door. These travel agents usually sold the tour itineraries organized by big tour operators.
These big tour operators had their local ground handlers in China to take care of their clients. So the former travel business model went like this: Clients – Travel Agents – Tour Operators at home – Local Ground Handlers in China.
With the coming of the information age, the original travel business model has been toppled. Travelers now have easy and direct access to the huge amount of information about the destinations they are going to visit, including the easy contact with the local ground handlers in China. The globe is flattening!
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If you are going to book a tour or a part of the tour, now you are facing two choices – using your tour operators based at home or contacting the local ground handlers in the destinations you are going to exlpore in China.
Before the advent of the internet age, people coming to China only had one choice of taking the tours sold by the travel agents next door. These travel agents usually sold the tour itineraries organized by big tour operators.
These big tour operators had their local ground handlers in China to take care of their clients. So the former travel business model went like this: Clients – Travel Agents – Tour Operators at home – Local Ground Handlers in China.
With the coming of the information age, the original travel business model has been toppled. Travelers now have easy and direct access to the huge amount of information about the destinations they are going to visit, including the easy contact with the local ground handlers in China. The globe is flattening!
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