The day after Taobao Qunar was launched, the first batch of independent tourists who tried it had already started traveling one after another.
The occupancy rate of flights between first-tier cities in China and California has suddenly increased a lot. On almost every plane, there will be at least a dozen tourists traveling through Taobao.
Although it is a self-guided tour, Taobao Qunar still provides tourists with complete customer service. The bilingual customer service provides various support to tourists on both sides 24/7. It can not only answer their various questions, but more importantly, help them make reservations. Various resources.
Due to agreements with travel companies in both places, users who book many other travel services through Taobao Qunar can get lower discounts than those on the market, which is both convenient and cheap for them.
College students who have registered as tutors on 3321 also have a side job. All students in first-tier cities who have passed the CET-4 English test can start an activity to receive translation orders, and students are particularly enthusiastic.
For college students, working part-time as a translator for foreigners is a very good job. Firstly, it is not tiring, secondly, the income is reasonable, and thirdly, it can improve the level of spoken English.
Many college students have been learning English since elementary school. They have been in college for more than ten years and have never spoken to a foreigner. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to improve their spoken English. China is integrating with the world, and future college students should have everything they need. Possibly strong English proficiency.
Li Mu attaches great importance to the business of Taobao Qunar. Even if it is just a small business where thousands of tourists are traveling one after another, he is also in charge of Taobao Qunar. He also brought a group of executives from Makino Technology to focus on Taobao Qunar. Business transfer.
Both Leader Lei and Senior Brother Liu feel a little confused about Li Mu's focus. Isn't it just to promote the tourism business between China and the United States? While letting Westerners understand China, it also gives Schwarzenegger some political achievements. Now it is being carried out in an orderly manner and the goal will be achieved soon. Why does Li Mu still attach so much importance to this business
At Makino Technology, Kong Lingyu and Fang Xudong have been waiting for him to find time to participate in the internal testing of takeout products, but Li Mu is currently focusing all his energy on the tourism industry.
The self-guided tours he customized for Chinese and American tourists on Taobao Qunar are selling thousands of copies every day. Airlines have even begun to prepare to deploy wide-body aircraft to handle the increasing number of passengers in the future.
According to feedback from the embassy, the number of applications for tourist visas from both sides has risen sharply, reaching a record high. The Chinese Embassy has begun to relax and speed up the visa approval policy and speed for China, so that more Western tourists can apply for it as soon as possible. Head to China.
Li Mu was overjoyed and immediately called together the executives of Makino Technology and Taobao and proposed to open tourism services in first-tier cities in China and first-tier cities in the UK as soon as possible.
Kong Lingyu couldn't help but said: "Mr. Li, why have you focused all your energy on the tourism business recently? We still have many projects that we need to go through with you..."
Leader Lei also agreed and said: "In contrast, I think we should quickly put the food delivery platform online to test it. This business is still very promising."
Li Mu waved his hand and said, "You haven't figured out the essence of the tourism industry yet."
As he spoke, Li Mu added: "The tourism industry, to put it more vividly, encourages people to take out the money they have saved, change it into a bag of change, carry it on their shoulders, and then go out and scatter the money all the way. After scattering the money, people Now that I’m happy, I can go home and continue working, and when I save enough money next time, I can take it out for a walk.”
Senior Brother Liu nodded and said, "It promotes the development of local tourism economy. We all know this..."
Li Mu said: "It's definitely not just a simple matter of stimulating the development of your local economy. When people go out with their money and scatter it all the way home, wherever they go, people will benefit from it, and every link will benefit from it." Very beneficial.”
Speaking, Li Mu gave an example: "If users choose to travel by car, the companies that provide car travel services will be the first to benefit. However, the automobile manufacturing industry behind it will also benefit. Large tourism companies often have hundreds or thousands of vehicles of various types. Such passenger cars are produced because people have travel needs. Otherwise, not only will these cars not be produced, but the workers who produce these cars will not be employed."
"If users choose to fly, airlines will make a lot of money, and Boeing and Airbus will also benefit a lot."
"Think about it. Fifty years ago, most people traveling by air were for official business, and a very small number were for tourism. But now, fifty years later, at least half of the passengers on every civil airliner are For the purpose of tourism, the number of civil aviation passenger planes is not only growing, but the fundamental reason is that overseas travel is becoming more and more frequent."
"Boeing and Airbus have developed from narrow-body aircraft to wide-body aircraft, and then to Boeing's 747. Airbus has also been developing larger double-decker aircraft since a few years ago. Who is supporting their continuous development? Or the tourism industry , the tourism industry has prospered airlines, and supported airlines to continue to order new aircraft and large aircraft from Boeing and Airbus."
Leader Lei said: "I understand what you mean, but the tourism industry is too fragmented, just like a plate of scattered sand. Although the total volume is large, everyone is doing their own thing."
Li Mu nodded and said: "This is the core reason why we want to do travel business online. We have traffic. We can push Huaxia to the United States, and we can push Huaxia to the whole world. We can even bypass Huaxia and do other things." Travel business between countries, but the key issue is that we must achieve the concentration of resources."
After finishing speaking, Li Mu added: "If we can integrate all the tourism resources around the world on our platform, then in the future we can make money from the Du Shao field. I am afraid that no one can imagine that we can even make money through our platform." , to make money from Boeing and Airbus.”
Brother Liu asked in confusion: "How do we make money from Boeing and Airbus?"
Li Mu laughed and said: "For example, American airlines love to buy Boeing, and European airlines love to buy Airbus. If we can now push thousands of tourists to and from Europe every week, the capacity of European and American airlines will be squeezed. If they want to keep other business lines, then they have to buy new aircraft to increase their transportation capacity. In this case, does it mean that we have sold more than a dozen aircraft for Airbus? Does Airbus want to give me money? If he doesn't "Yes, then I will guide these users to the United States. By then, Boeing may have purchased a dozen more aircraft."
Li Mu added: "This is actually nothing. The most important thing is that once we gather travel users on Taobao, then we will be like the commander-in-chief of thousands of troops. Wherever we want users to go, users will Where to go."
"At that time, we can deeply participate in the tourism industry and make a lot of arrangements in advance. For example, the development of the Maldives is not strong enough at this stage. We can first acquire the tourism resources of the Maldives at a low price, and then speculate on the tourism routes to the Maldives. Hot, guide our users to rush to the Maldives one after another, and then we will make a lot of money."
“If we buy a lot of tourism resources at low prices in places like Bali or Mauritius, then we can also guide users to these places. By that time, consumers around the world who are ready to spend their money will Under our influence, we can even start our own airline, fill up the seats on our own routes with our own users, and achieve multiple goals with one stone.”
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