Alibaba unveiled its group tour product
Alibaba Travel Company unveiled its newest product called “Group Tour”. Group tour is a personalized and new product that started its activity in this company from January 1401 and after passing the trial period, it was officially added to Alibaba’s tourism product portfolio from April 1402.
As its name suggests, “group tour” is a product where travelers travel to a certain point inside or outside the country with a tour leader, in a group and with a pre-planned plan. Experiential tourism, visiting pristine and unknown areas of destination cities, along with accurate travel planning and affordable prices, are among the most important features of this product, and according to a survey, users are significantly more satisfied with this product than other types of tours. Have had
Majid Hosseini-nejad, the founder and CEO of Alibaba, said: “Alibaba’s slogan is “Empowering society for a worthy travel experience” and the group tour product was unveiled in line with this goal to provide a complete and unique experience to travelers. We deeply believe that the group tour is the summary of all our experiences during the 9 years of Alibaba’s activity and that which will literally bring the travel enthusiasts to the stage of enchantment.”
He added: “We have many programs to provide the best experience in this product. Among these programs, it is possible to mention the creation of a group tour platform that helps the user to order the desired tour on the Alibaba platform. On the other hand, tour leaders will be able to independently define and offer their group tour. In this way, the amount of points users give to tours will affect the position of their offer on the platform and will improve the quality of services and increase the satisfaction of travelers.
During the short period of the trial activity of this product, the cities of Qeshm, Hengama, Hormuz, Chabahar, Bushehr, Tabas, Parsian and Asaluyeh, Ilam, Turkmen Sahara, Yazd, Shiraz and Kerman, along with Lut Desert, Misr Desert and Dasht Sosan, were the destinations of Alibaba’s domestic tours. Is. Also, during this period, group tour services to countries such as Japan, Kenya, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cuba, Brazil, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the cities of Dubai and Istanbul have been provided to travelers.
According to Alibaba’s public relations, the group tour product has cooperated with 6 suppliers in the test phase, which will reach more than 60 top suppliers in the country in various fields of tourism in the future. The growth and development of the product through increasing suppliers and identifying and meeting the needs of users who demand a higher level of tourism services are among the plans ahead for the group tour product of this company.