Xinhua Commentary: Study tours should not be limited to a "visit"
Summer vacation is approaching, and study tours have ushered in another peak season. In recent years, this new tourism model that combines "education" with "travel" and combines education with entertainment has been welcomed by primary and secondary school students and their parents. The popularity has increased, but problems have also arisen. Many parents complain that study tours are at best "just a visit".
Some study tours are overly commercialized, and some are even "not what they claim to be", which is suspected of defrauding consumers. Some institutions rigidly attach the "study tour" label to tourism products and sell them at high prices; some institutions seize parents' "famous school complex" and organize so-called study tours to just take photos and "check in" at the gates of famous universities, or even take illegal means to enter campuses, bringing adverse social impacts.
“Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles”, study tours should not be limited to “visiting here”.
Study tours are essentially educational activities. Relevant parties should start from the development needs of the youth group, the youth's way of thinking and receptive ability, scientifically plan routes, reasonably arrange courses, and provide high-quality study tours so that children can travel, learn and gain insights from them.
All departments should work together to promote the healthy development of the market. On the one hand, according to the characteristics of study tours, special standardized service specifications should be formulated to prevent market institutions from playing "edge ball" in the name of study tours. Strengthen the supervision of relevant products in the market to safeguard the rights and interests of consumers. At the same time, urge all organizations to ensure the safety of minors and the content and quality of study tours.
On the other hand, we should actively integrate cultural and tourism resources, take the initiative to develop high-quality bases and routes, and promote the development of research and study tours in the direction of research and study practice education. At present, many places including Beijing, Henan, Guangxi, etc. are actively creating and launching a number of exemplary research and study tour high-quality routes and high-quality courses.
"Travel" is the form, "learning" is the essence. For parents, they can learn more about the brands of research and study bases, boutique routes, and boutique courses in various places before signing up to improve their identification ability. In addition, parents can also choose appropriate research and study tour products based on factors such as their children's age, interests, and personality characteristics, and guide their children to set out with questions and travel with topics, so that they can spend a wonderful and fulfilling holiday in the research and study tour.
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