Two Guides' Preparations for the Holiday Season
China Tourism News interviews two guides. Inbound guide Hu Xiaofan is hosting 16 Italian tourists on a 16-day Yunnan tour, spending Mid-Autumn in Shangri-La; she plans to introduce the festival starting with mooncakes, having learned dietary restrictions and some Italian. Domestic guide Liu Yongkai is preparing a 30-person senior group for a National Day trip to Baiqquan Mountain in Huairou, Beijing, limiting hiking to under two hours and about four kilometers round trip, and packing motion-sickness medicine, trekking poles and hot water.
Impact and considerations
The inbound guide's cultural translation preparation and the domestic senior group's safety planning illustrate specific operational requirements for guiding during the holidays in cross-cultural communication and risk control.
Key points
- Inbound guide Hu Xiaofan is hosting 16 Italian tourists on a 16-day Yunnan tour, spending Mid-Autumn in Shangri-La.
- Hu learned about dietary restrictions, studied some Italian, and plans to introduce Mid-Autumn culture starting with mooncakes.
- Domestic guide Liu Yongkai is preparing a 30-person senior group for a National Day trip to Baiqquan Mountain in Huairou, Beijing.
- Liu plans to keep hiking under two hours, about four kilometers round trip, with multiple rest stops.
- Liu packs motion-sickness medicine and patches, a bus first-aid kit with liniment, heart pills and antidiarrheals, plus telescopic trekking poles and hot water for elderly tourists.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- 中国旅游新闻网
- Other sources
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- First source publication
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:00
- Page published
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:02
- Last updated
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:00
- Original links
- China Tourism News：双节假期 两位导游打算这样过-中国旅游新闻网Document (opens in a new tab)Primary source · zh · Published 24 Sept 2026, 08:00