To Parts Unknown

張語迎

Travel is like a box of chocolates： you never know what youre going to get， especially when using a mystery box plane ticket.

Earlier this year， mystery box travel purchases surged and became trendy among Chinas young people. In normal trips， people often plan their vacations well in advance. After buying a mystery box at a low price usually 100 or 200 yuan however， the travelers using this method will select their departure airport and receive several destination options to choose from. After the destination is decided， their trip begins.

A citizen surnamed Cheng is eager to go on a mystery box trip， stating that going out alone usually costs too much and that too many people dont know where to go.“However， the mystery box directly assigns me a few destinations， which feels wonderful， and its cheap，” Cheng told Haibao News， a media outlet based in Shandong province.

Unlike Cheng， Liao Liangyu， 16， has turned his eagerness to go on a mystery box?trip into reality. He took a mystery box trip with a couple of friends months ago. It started when one of them got a mystery box ticket to Changsha， the capital city of Hunan province. Surprisingly， Liao followed suit and got Chang- sha too.

Right before their departure， a friend told Liao that Changsha was a super hyped-up inter- net sensation. But he still decided to go and see it for himself.

“My biggest discovery is that Changsha is a city full of contrasts， ”Liao explained to China Daily.“You can see skyscrapers and old houses in rundown alleys in the same view.”

Since the destination options include many less popular cities， travel mystery boxes also bring vigor and economic benefits to these des- tinations. For example， Dehong city is a beauti- ful city in Yunnan province yet has few visitors due to a lack of promotion. Following its inclu- sion as a mystery box travel destination， howev- er， it has gained a lot of attention and is now thought of as a solid location for tourism.

But even so， a large number of people feel disappointed with travel mystery boxes because they can encounter many problems after pur- chasing one， such as inappropriate travel times， sudden flight cancellations， or even challenges with refunds. Sun Weili from Ctrip suggested in an interview with Haibao News that visitors should choose reliable platforms and sign con- tracts to guarantee their interests.

“旅行盲盒”：來場說走就走的旅行

旅行就像一盒巧克力：你永遠不知道下 一刻會碰到什么，尤其是在使用機票盲盒 時。

今年早些時候，“旅行盲盒”消費激增， 并且在中國年輕人中盛行。在“常規”旅行 中，人們常常會提前做好假期規劃。不過， 使用“旅行盲盒”的旅行者們，通常會以低價 （100—200 元）購入盲盒，在選定出發機場 后，可以抽取一張隨機目的地的機票。當旅 行者決定好去往哪個目的地時，他們的旅程 就 開始了。

“平時一個人出去花銷太大，人多了又 不知道去哪里，盲盒直接給我一個地方，感 覺很奇妙。”小程對《海報新聞》（一家山東媒 體）說，自己很愿意嘗試這樣 的活動。

和小程不同的是，16歲的廖梁語也將他 對于“旅行盲盒”的興趣付諸了實踐。幾個

月前，他和幾個朋友 踏上了一趟“旅行盲盒” 的行程。這趟旅程的成行，來自其中一位朋 友得到了一個前往湖南省省會長沙的“盲 盒”。出人意料的是，廖梁語買到的“盲盒” 也是前往長沙的。

啟程之前，廖梁語的一個朋友告訴他， 長沙是一個在網絡上被炒作起來的網紅 地。但是，廖梁語還是決定要親自前往看 看。

“我最大的發現就是，長沙是一個有反 差感的城市，”廖梁語向《中國日報》解釋。 “你可以同時看到摩天大樓和破舊小巷中的 老房子。”

因為可選目的地包括很多冷門城市， “旅行盲盒”也為這些地方帶來了活力和經 濟效益。比如，美麗的云南德宏，此前因為 缺乏宣傳少有游客到來。自從這里也被納 入“旅行盲盒”可選目的地后，便收獲了大量 關注，現在客流量也很穩定。

但是，也有很多人會在“旅行盲盒”消費 時感到失望，因為他們會在購買“盲盒”后碰 到一些問題，比如 旅行時間不合適，航班臨時 取消，甚至是退款難。攜程集團區域政務總 經理孫為立建議，消費者在購買機票盲盒時， 要選擇正規平臺，一定要簽訂相關的合同來 保障自身權益。