China family’s expulsion from bus by tour guide for refusing to buy US$7,000 bracelet triggers official probe
- Parents and 3 children book holiday package, tour guide takes group shopping
- Mother tells pushy salesperson she cannot afford expensive jewellery
A family in China was told to leave a tour bus by the guide after they refused to buy a gold bracelet for 50,000 yuan (US$7,000).
A woman, surnamed Tian, from Hebei province in northern China, bought a group tour package costing 17,000 yuan from the Yunnan Guoyou International Travel Service for her family of five, which included her husband and three children.
The travel service company authorised Yunnan Golden Tree Leaf International Travel Company to conduct the tour.
On February 12, the third day of their trip, the family had a dispute with the tour guide, surnamed Zhang, for refusing to buy from a local jeweller, the mainland publication The Paper reported.
Zhang had taken a group of tourists to a shop selling jade items in the city of Lijiang, where a salesperson tried to convince Tian to buy a bracelet for 50,000 yuan.
Tian admired the item but did not want to buy it because it was too expensive for her.