题目选项分析

Travel agents are market intermediaries who make their living by gathering, organizing, and dispensing information about travel-related services that is not readily available to most consumers. Through new information technologies, such as the internet, much of this information can now be made directly available to consumers. Demand for the services of travel agents will be drastically reduced.
Which of the following, if true , most seriously weakens the argument ?

【选项】Many people use travel-related services, such as airlines and hotels without consulting a travel agent .