Guilin launches probe into low-cost tour

Guilin authorities have announced a crackdown on travel agencies implicated in a recent online controversy involving a suspiciously cheap tour package.

The move comes after a video posted on Douyin, a popular Chinese social media platform, sparked widespread concern.

The video, uploaded on July 12 by a man from Haikou, Hainan province, showed his mother insisting on participating in a four-day, three-night tour to Guilin for a mere 40 yuan ($5.50) — a price that included meals and accommodation. Despite warnings from her son about the tour's legitimacy, she insisted it was a subsidized trip and embarked on the journey.