On the day of the diving center's opening, there were far more people coming to the ceremony than when Xingzhou Island first opened. In addition to partner Fang Xinhua, those tourism companies that had previously been in contact with Li Yaolin also sent flower baskets. Reporters from TV stations and newspapers in the oil market were also invited to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
What surprised the media was that the person who was responsible for entertaining them was not the real boss Li Yaolin, but Fang Xinhua and the manager of the diving center.
Under Li Yaolin's instruction, the manager picked five tourists on the spot to experience the fun of snorkeling.
The tourists who were picked asked excitedly and nervously: "Do you need training for snorkeling? I'm a little nervous."
The manager smiled and said: "No training, but you need to remove your makeup."
Everyone was amused, and the tourists' nervousness was relieved.
Some media were also invited to experience snorkeling, and they even changed to a more professional waterproof underwater camera. One of the photographers who was sitting on a kayak and was responsible for the live broadcast turned on the TV station’s official account, and the title was very eye-catching:
[Exploring Xingzhou Island - First Diving Experience! 】
Because of the previous popularity, hundreds of viewers quickly poured in and left messages on the bullet screen:
"The environment here looks really good, not as bad as what is posted online!"
"The anchor should turn off the filter, isn't news supposed to be about truth?"
The reporter in charge of the outbound broadcast said sadly: "We didn't turn on the filter! Didn't you see that we took off all our makeup?"
This made the audience laugh, and the bullet screen was filled with "Too real".
Before entering the water, the coaches repeatedly warned us not to touch anything on the seabed, let alone take away shells, seaweed, etc., otherwise we would be blacklisted by Xingzhou Island at best, and be held legally responsible at worst.
The audience praised: "Indeed, those who damage the ecological environment must be severely punished!"
I believe that no one would do this under the watchful eyes of the public.
The tourists who were selected put on swimsuits and life jackets, took disinfected masks and snorkels, and listened to the diving instructors' explanation of precautions.
Under normal circumstances, there would be no instructors to supervise snorkeling, but today was the opening day and the situation was special, so a divemaster would lead the team to lead the tourists to experience snorkeling.
Before entering the water, the tourists saw the water quality here and knew that the online claims of serious pollution were all fabricated. This water quality, they said it was the best in the world, no one should object, right?
When they got into the water and splashed around in the sea, the underwater scenery they could see through the masks became more and more abundant. There were not only reefs, seaweed, active shrimps and crabs, shellfish, but also schools of tropical fish, which swam under the tourists with great fanfare, looking at them.
One tourist saw this scene and forgot that he was snorkeling. He opened his mouth and cried "Ah", and a lot of water went into his mouth.
Although he was choked, he didn't think that drinking the sea water here would give him diarrhea, because after scooping up this water, it was more transparent and clear than mineral water.
The cameraman who was broadcasting live kept the camera facing him. The audience saw his embarrassment and posted a cheerful barrage.
The reporter asked him, "What does the water taste like?"
The tourist thought for a moment and said, "The sea water here feels like mineral water with salt added. It tastes much better than swimming pool water that smells like disinfectant."
Countless comments flashed under the live broadcast screen: "Is it true?"
"The water quality looks good, it doesn't look fake!"
"Oh, it's so beautiful here, Xingzhou Island, right? I'm interested!"
"Look, there are crabs and shrimps fighting underneath!"
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With the live broadcast video as evidence, many rumors questioning the serious water pollution in Xingzhou Island have been refuted, but everyone is more curious about the glowing seabed.
After seeing this question, the reporter asked the divemaster, who replied: "That area is at another dive site. You must have professional equipment and strict training to dive there, so we will broadcast it live to you again when we have the chance. As for when the timing is right, it will probably be when you can receive network signals on the seabed." The barrage
of comments was filled with "haha".
Some people said: "Apart from anything else, their attitude is still very serious, they will not fool tourists just to make money."
"How dare they fool people in front of the whole nation!"
"I can't wait to experience diving! Pick me!"
The Weibo post that has been forwarded in the past few days suddenly had hundreds more forwardings. Many netizens complained: "There are already more than 20,000 forwardings, and only five people were picked. The competition is too fierce o(╥﹏╥)o"
"It's not the deadline yet, hurry up, it's time."
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The store manager gave Li Yaolin some feedback from the Internet. Li Yaolin said: "It seems that the public opinion is not bad."
The store manager smiled and said: "Such an impeccable environment, it's hard to criticize it even if you want to!"
"Well, but the application for the construction of the reserve is still in progress. There are many people eyeing the diving project, and the previous public opinion may not be without the handiwork of peers, so we still have to be careful. Their black spots may not be water quality, but may be service attitude, safety awareness or whether the training is in place. There can be some losses in the early stage of operation, but we cannot ruin our reputation and credibility because of a small matter."
Although Li Yaolin has no evidence, the previous wave of public opinion did have some traces of human intervention. She is not sure whether it was peers in Qionghai or some beach scenic spots in the oil market.
Xingzhou Island has risen too rapidly. Even if its diving projects do not conflict with these scenic spots that also focus on coastal tourism, the existence of Xingzhou Island itself has already affected their interests.
Why would tourists choose a resort with a false reputation when they can choose Xingzhou Island, which has a more beautiful and comfortable environment?
The free island park will not be affected much, but the impact on the Romantic Sea House Resort, which charges the same fee, will be huge.
The beach of Xingzhou Island is already recognized as clean and beautiful, without any black spots, so if they want to blacken Xingzhou Island, they can only start with the diving project that is not yet well known to the public.
They only need to find the water quality survey report from more than ten years ago to add fuel to the fire and say that the water quality of Xingzhou Island is not suitable for diving. If the development of Xingzhou Island's diving project is hindered, then relying on white beaches and sea fishing, it will never be able to develop, and the impact on the resort will be limited.
The other party has not achieved their goal this time, so they will definitely not give up. We still need to be more careful about whether they will do something else.
The store manager, who also has eight years of experience, nodded and said, "I will pay close attention to safety, environmental protection and service."
In addition to the divemaster who leads the snorkeling experience, the other three coaches also have tasks in the store. Several tourists with diving experience have made appointments for the experience diving in advance, and are now training on the second floor.
Li Yaolin looked through the glass and saw that everything was going smoothly, so he went back to Qianlai Travel Company with Fang Xinhua for a meeting.
This meeting was mainly to discuss the issue of adding passenger ship flights.
Due to the sharp increase in tourists visiting Xingzhou Island, the previous flights have become insufficient. The professional manager of Qianlai Travel reported that they receive complaints from passengers every day, saying that there are too few flights and sometimes they can't buy tickets.
Li Yaolin agreed to adjust the flights, but the application for additional flights and the adjustment of flight times must be approved by the relevant departments, so she held a meeting this time just to finalize a plan. The
professional manager compiled a table based on the ticket sales situation at different time periods in the past, the number of passengers and passenger feedback, and finally planned to adjust the flights on weekdays to eight one-way trips and two more flights on weekends. In addition to moving the time of the first ship forward, the flights at noon will be more frequent.
At present, the tourist capacity of Xingzhou Island is about 800 people. There will be fewer passengers on the first ship and the two flights at 4:30 pm, so during the summer vacation, it is enough to maintain the number of tourists on weekdays between 500 and 700.
Li Yaolin had no objection to this plan and asked, "Can it be done before National Day?"
The professional manager did not dare to guarantee, "It should be possible."
If more flights are added, the crew will also have to be increased, so Li Yaolin asked the professional manager to recruit a few more employees.
Seeing that the scale of Qianlai's tourism development is getting bigger and bigger, Fang Xinhua is also very satisfied and more determined to cling to Li Yaolin's thigh!
At the same time, at the "Romantic Experience" diving spot on Xingzhou Island, tourists who have finished their diving experience are floating up and returning to the yacht.
After they took off their goggles and respirators, they asked each other: "Does your ear hurt?"
"No, does your ear hurt?"
"No! I thought it would be a little uncomfortable, but I didn't feel anything at all! That solid feeling is like swimming in a two-meter-deep pool with lifeguards all around me giving me a sense of security. Do you understand this feeling?"
"I understand. This experience is so cool. I suspect that all my previous diving was fake!"
"Haha, and we dived for half an hour without cutting corners. I tried to go into the water for a few minutes before, and my ears couldn't take it. This time, I stayed in the water for half an hour. I don't know how time passed!"
"Hey, did you see those colorful lights?"
"Yes. Wow, they are more beautiful than LED lights!"
"Under such circumstances, the visibility of the seawater is still very high! And if there are a lot of plankton as the Internet says, why are the corals and fish on the seabed not affected? I feel that those corals are pretty. If it is the plankton that is glowing, I am afraid that the sea area would have been barren long ago."
"It's a pity that we can't touch things in the sea, otherwise I really want to know the reason for the glow."
"Didn't they say that experts have collected samples? When the research results come out, we will know the reason!"
"I have to say, this 398 yuan is worth it!"
Because it just opened, the diving center held an event. For example, if you forward it to your circle of friends and collect 88 likes, you only need to spend 398 yuan to get a "romantic experience" diving ticket worth 598 yuan. For these 88 likes, they even knocked on the group that no one had spoken to for several years.
"Even if the original price is 598 yuan, it's still worth it!"
"Hey, I should have spent money to take pictures as a souvenir!"
They chattered and discussed, as excited as elementary school students going on a spring outing.
Without the diving instructors deliberately promoting the course, they took the initiative to ask: "I saw that it said that you can take a diving certificate here, is it true?"
This experience diving can give them such a different feeling. Aren't there more surprises waiting for them to discover in professional diving areas? Or you have to get a certificate to experience more fun in diving!
Zhou Yingying smiled and said, "Well, our diving center has PADI. You don't have to go to Southeast Asia or Qionghai. You can take the exam here."
After they found out that the courses and prices for the certification here are similar to those in Qionghai, one of the boys signed up for the OW+AOW certification course on the spot. Although several other tourists did not sign up, they also left the diving instructor's phone number for easy contact when they want to learn in the future.
Zhou Yingying was a little worried that Xingzhou Island, as a newly developed diving base, might not have good business. Unexpectedly, the progress was smoother than expected.
She remembered that when the diving price was set, the store manager and the diving instructor suggested that the rental price of snorkeling equipment was 108 yuan/hour.
Since there is no cutting corners or compressing of training time and diving time, the price of experience diving is set at around 468 yuan, otherwise it is difficult to make a profit.
As for professional-level diving, since the diving time is about one hour and more cylinders are needed, the price is better to be above 688 yuan.
Unexpectedly, Li Yaolin had an expression that said, "Do you think I'm doing charity?" and said, "The price of the Discover Diving experience is 598. We set the price higher so that there will be more room for price reduction during future events, and tourists will also feel that it is a good deal and reasonable."
Recreation projects are different from accommodation. Hotels and holiday cabins set their room rates at a more affordable price at the beginning, and then raise the prices during holidays. Tourists will just think that this is a very common thing, and will not have too much dissatisfaction. Recreation projects are different. It is difficult to raise the price after it is set. Once the price is raised, no one will be willing to play, so the price must be set higher to leave room for price reduction.
Li Yaolin added: "We need to frequently organize discount activities, the purpose is to make more customers who have experienced diving enthusiastic about diving and deepen their love for this project, so that they can sign up for courses and get certifications, and then they can go diving in professional scuba diving areas. Not to mention that it only costs 688 now, even if it costs 888 yuan, they will be willing to do it."
Everyone: "..."
They underestimated the island owner's profiteer level, no, business acumen.
Now it seems that the advantages of the diving project on Xingzhou Island are completely worth the price.
Not to mention the good water quality, high visibility, and comfortable water temperature, the rich underwater creatures, beautiful scenery, and magical colorful lights can give people a dreamlike visual feast experience. How many diving spots can reach this level?
In the afternoon, some tourists paid to experience snorkeling and experience diving. After
4:30, the diving center stopped arranging diving tasks. After Zhou Yingying and others took the last batch of tourists to experience diving, they returned to the diving center to take a shower and hold a summary meeting.
The author has something to say:
I don't know if this diving price is reasonable. If it is not reasonable, I will modify it.
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