A sales person tries persuade tourists to buy his goods to in Da Lat City
Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa from Dong Nai Province said, "My family comes to Da Lat every year but we always see the group. They persistently told us to buy strawberries from their gardens at the prices of VND30,000 (USD1.32) to VND40,000 per kilo. We feel very tired and annoyed."
In late June last year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the chairman of Lam Dong Province to deal with the problem.
Da Lat Department Public Security said they had applied VND60m (USD2,600) of fines to 60 marketers. 58 restaurants and gardens were also fined VND220m for selling products of unknown origin and using marketers to hassle tourists. Despite their efforts, the situation the problem hasn’t been resolved.
Traders invite tourists to buy their goods in Da Lat
Last year, Da Lat police had to deal with a case where the owners of a strawberry garden assaulted a 44-year-old tourist when she refused to buy strawberry extract. A former marketer revealed that most food that is claimed to be grown in Da Lat is actually bought from China. Competition among the shops is high so they pay high for the marketers to find as many customers as possible.
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