Recently, tourists in Baoting County, Hainan posted complaints on the Internet, saying that they spent 128 yuan (about 17 US dollars) to experience the local “March 3” banquet for thousands of people, but only The short video of him eating peanuts and edamame later sparked widespread discussion. In response, the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports Bureau of Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County stated that the information reported online was basically true and said that the company involved would provide a full refund.
According to widespread media reports, the menu of the long-table banquet was revealed before the event, including Shanlan wine, grilled chicken, white-cut six-bow goose, deep-fried beef jerky, stir-fried river shrimp with leaves, White included. Cut five-legged pig, harvest harvest, Miao three-colored rice, boiled okra… a total of 14 items.
However, in a video uploaded by netizens, a tourist said: “Guang gave us two dishes, sea grass and fried shrimp. The dishes are different on each table.” Netizens expressed dissatisfaction over this.
In response to public opinion spread on the Internet that spending money to experience the “Banquet of Thousands is all about peanuts and edamame”, the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports Bureau of Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County issued a statement by the 13thWeChat“We attach great importance to this and immediately intervene in the investigation. The information presented online is basically true,” the post said.
Baoting Tourism and Culture Bureau said that the “Thousand People Banquet” event held next to Baoting Theater on the 12th was independently funded by Hainan Pengbo Xinsheng Information Consulting Co., Ltd. and was a commercial function. Due to the large number of participants, the company lacked experience in security and maintaining on-site orders and had inadequate organizational skills and poor service during the food serving process, resulting in an inability to prepare food normally and There was uneven distribution of dishes. Also, it had to manage inadequate manpower during the ticket checking process, resulting in very low experience and satisfaction of the audience attending the event, leading to frustrated tourists and video recording for dissemination. started doing.
Baoting Tourism and Culture Bureau further said that Hainan Pengbo Xinsheng Company has issued an apology letter to the public and will provide full refunds to tourists who participated in the event.
Although the Baoting Tourism and Culture Bureau responded quickly and dealt with it, there are still comments that this result not only disappointed many tourists, but also had a big impact on the image of the tourism industry in Baoting and even Hainan .
Comments published on Red Net pointed out that the relevant incident was undoubtedly a big insult and deception for tourists. This kind of “feast of a thousand” not only fails to let tourists experience the charm of local culture, but also makes them wonder whether they have fallen into the consumption trap of folk culture.
Comments state that in any case, “lack of organizational skills” clearly cannot be the reason why dishes contain only peanuts and edamame. Only by strengthening supervision and operating with integrity can we effectively promote the healthy development of the cultural and tourism industries.
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