Regulations of Qingdao Municipality on Tourism

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to develop, utilize and protect tourism resources, maintain the order of the tourism market, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists and tour operators, and promote the development of tourism, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 The development of tourism in this Municipality shall follow the principles of government guidance, unified planning, market operation and overall planning of urban and rural areas, make full use of natural, human, economic and social resources, and highlight the characteristics of marine tourism and leisure tourism. Article 3 The municipal, district (city) people's governments shall incorporate tourism into the national economic and social development plan, increase capital investment in tourism, strengthen tourism publicity, tourism personnel training, tourism public services and tourism infrastructure construction, and promote the sustainable development of tourism.

City, district (city) people's government shall establish a coordination mechanism for tourism work to coordinate and solve major problems in the development of tourism. Fourth city, district (city) tourism administrative departments responsible for the relevant management, guidance and supervision of tourism within their respective administrative areas.

Other relevant departments shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, do a good job in tourism. Fifth tourism industry associations should strengthen industry self-discipline and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of association members.

Tourism industry associations can organize market expansion, participate in tourism promotion, release market information, promote tourism products, carry out industry training and exchanges according to their articles of association and members' needs, and can put forward suggestions to the government and relevant departments to promote tourism development. Chapter II Tourism Planning Article 6 The municipal, district (city) tourism administrative departments shall, jointly with relevant departments, organize the formulation of tourism development plans in their respective administrative areas, which shall be announced to the public after being approved by the people's government at the corresponding level.

District (city) tourism development planning shall conform to the requirements of the municipal tourism development planning, and solicit the opinions of the municipal tourism administrative department when compiling. Article 7 Tourism development planning shall conform to the requirements of the overall land use planning and marine functional zoning, and be connected with the professional planning of scenic spots, nature reserves and cultural relics protection. Relevant contents of tourism development planning should be incorporated into urban and rural planning.

If other plans involve tourism, the tourism function should be considered as a whole, taking into account the development of tourism. Eighth tourism development planning should highlight local characteristics, pay attention to regional cooperation, resource integration and urban and rural development as a whole, and prevent waste of tourism resources, disorderly development and repeated construction of tourism projects. Ninth tourism development planning should include the following main contents:

(1) Tourism theme image, tourism development goals and development strategies;

(2) the structure and spatial distribution of each factor in the development of tourism, the proportional relationship of supply factors and the development guarantee measures;

(three) the direction, characteristics and main contents of tourism product development, and the spatial and temporal sequence of key tourism projects and development and construction;

(four) the objectives, measures, implementation steps and standards of tourism resources development and related ecological environment protection;

(five) the main measures to cultivate the tourism market;

(six) the relevant policies, norms and standards for the development of tourism. Tenth city, district (city) tourism administrative departments should be based on the characteristics of tourism, development needs, industrial factors and characteristics, the preparation of special tourism planning.

Special tourism planning should meet the requirements of tourism development planning. Eleventh the development of tourism resources and the construction of tourism construction projects such as tourist attractions, tourist hotels and large-scale amusement places shall conform to the tourism development planning and special tourism planning. Chapter III Tourism Promotion and Guarantee Article 12 The municipal, district (city) people's governments shall carry out tourism cooperation with surrounding administrative regions to promote the sharing of tourism resources. Thirteenth municipal tourism administrative departments shall organize the establishment of tourism promotion network, carry out the city's tourism image promotion and tourism product promotion activities, and explore the domestic and foreign tourist markets.

District (city) tourism administrative departments should focus on the overall tourism image of the city, combined with local tourism characteristics, to determine the local tourism image and publicity. Fourteenth enterprises outside the city are encouraged to come to this city to carry out tourism business activities.

Encourage and support tourism enterprises to form trans-regional and cross-industry tourism enterprise groups and business cooperation networks. Fifteenth tourism administrative departments shall, in conjunction with the planning, development and reform, construction and other relevant departments, determine major tourism construction projects according to the tourism development plan.

The planning department shall solicit the opinions of the tourism administration department when selecting the site for major tourism construction projects or determining the planning conditions. Sixteenth tourism, port, transportation and other departments should take measures to promote the development of chartered flight, special train and cruise tourism. Seventeenth planning and construction of public transport network, should take into account the needs of tourism development, the development of tourism public transport.

The administrative department of transportation shall, according to the needs of tourist passenger transport, examine and approve tourist passenger vehicles and vessels with different capacity quotas according to law, and open special tourist lines, suburban tourist lines and maritime tourist lines. Eighteenth tourism administrative departments shall, in conjunction with the public security, transportation, municipal and other departments, set up Chinese and foreign signs in the main tourist attractions of highways and urban roads. Article 19 The municipal tourism administrative department shall set up a unified tourism calling telephone number, and establish a public service system of tourism information to realize the exchange of tourism information in this Municipality.

Tourism administrative departments shall set up tourist consultation stations (spots) and electronic inquiry facilities in airports, railway stations, passenger terminals, tourist distribution points, major tourist attractions and other places to provide services for tourists.