Walk tens of thousands of steps a day, spend the least time and expense, and visit the most attractions. A few days ago, this kind of "special forces-style tourism" caught fire.
Most of these "special forces" are college students, who usually leave early on Friday night or weekend morning, check in major attractions, and rush back to the classroom on Monday morning.
Where did the idea of "special forces tourism" come from? What's the takeaway along the way? Any regrets? The Voice of China reporter interviewed several college students from Luoyang Normal University, who had just spent three days completing a "special forces-style trip" of "clocking in Beijing and Tianjin in three days" to hear what the "special forces" had to say.
"Special forces tourism", tired or not?
College student Xiao Page, Baoding: It's amazing, although I travel at night, I am not sleepy when I get off the train. But even so, the moment you are discouraged, you may feel very tired just after returning to school. So, the day we went back to school, we slept from 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next morning.
What kind of joy is "tired and happy"?
College Student Page, Bow Din: Never had this amazing experience. In school, I have only seen the special scenery of all parts of the country in books or "brushed videos". But when we really went deep into Beijing and Tianjin, we found that it was actually different from what we saw in books. When we thought of Beijing, we thought it must be high-rise buildings, but after watching the flag-raising, we rode to the hotel, all the way down were courtyards, and the hutongs were also very small, which was a big contrast to the impression.
Tianjin is a city I have not touched, and when I arrived in Tianjin, I found the locals very welcoming. We were going to take a taxi to the Fifth Avenue scenic spot, and the driver, as a Tianjin person, was very proud and willing to introduce us to the attractions, and the warmest thing was to get help from strangers.
What do you think of the doubts on the Internet?
Some people say that "special forces-style tourism", "what is the difference between it and business trips", "it is completely a horse and flowers", "is to gain traffic", how to view these doubts?
College Student Page, Baoding: I don't feel disgusted by this kind of comment, everyone has a different opinion. Some people like to travel at a slow pace, but we are now at this age, in our 20s, and may want to be more "youthful and impulsive", want to go to see the scenery with friends, and check in for photos.
Because the scenery seen by 20 years old and 30 and 40 years old is different. In my 20s, I want to feel the world in this collective atmosphere. Maybe 30 years old, 40 years old, everyone wants to feel the scenery seriously and quietly.
What's the biggest takeaway from traveling?
College Student Page, Baoding: Two days to go to so many places and do so many things, this experience has probably brought us the most is a sense of calmness.
At the beginning, when we do certain things, we will be very careful to compare, such as buying tickets or taking the car, we carefully check the time and destination. Later, slowly, we relied on "physical functions" to get on the car correctly. Back at school, I will feel very good when I think about these experiences, and I will be more calm and calm in doing various things.
Experts: Tourist attractions can be developed for young people's travel habits
This spring, more and more college students joined this seemingly crazy operation - "special forces tourism". They use their weekend time to take the hard seat of the night train and go crazy to the travel destination, accurately calculate the time, save money, and take photos.
Some people believe that "special forces tourism" is likely to become a trend, and attention should be paid to this personalized tourism pattern and constantly segmented tourism needs.
Wu Liyun, director of the Research Center for New Tourism Formats of Beijing Second Foreign Chinese University: First of all, such "special forces-style travel" is actually a change of vest for the fast-paced "poor travel", and there is no need to over-interpret.
Second, it is just the consumption behavior of a specific group of people at a specific stage. Because at this stage, both income and time are limited, so there will be this relatively fast-paced "poor travel".
Focusing on the psychological demands of young people who like to check in, like to share, and like to take beautiful photos, tourist destinations, including enterprises, can consciously develop some tourist spots worth checking in, which is the direction that can be paid attention to from the perspective of the industry.
Reporter 丨 Wang Xian
Source: Voice of China of the Central Radio and Television Corporation