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The Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted secret inspections into recent allegations of forced shopping, with findings confirming that such practices exist on some level among tourism packages here. - Photo: Bloomberg
The city hired several foreign nationals to pose as tourists in seven low-priced package tours - three that were sold in China and four sold in Vietnam - to check the programs’ quality. Each package included four to eight visits to local shopping malls and many products sold there did not clearly state the country of origin or date of manufacture.
On one occasion, the guide prevented tourists from exiting a shopping mall for 40 minutes until one bought something.In one case, a host did not provide an alternate program after the tour of Seoul Forest was cancelled due to rain, forcing the tourists to spend the time at the hotel.
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