Hohhot Tourism Management Regulations (2016 revision)

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of the tourism industry, rationally develop, utilize and protect tourism resources, regulate the order of the tourism market, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists and tourism operators, and promote the development of the tourism industry, These regulations are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and in combination with the actual situation of this city. Article 2 These regulations shall apply to the development of tourism resources, operation of tourism business, engagement in tourism management and tourism activities within the administrative area of ??this city. Article 3 The development of tourism shall follow the principles of equal emphasis on the development, utilization and protection of tourism resources, and the unification of social, economic and environmental benefits, give full play to the location advantages of tourism resources, and highlight national and local characteristics. Article 4 The tourism administrative department of the Municipal People’s Government is responsible for the supervision and management of tourism in the city. The tourism administrative department of the Banner County People's Government is responsible for the supervision and management of tourism within its own administrative region.

Relevant departments of the municipal, banner, county and district people's governments shall do a good job in relevant tourism supervision and management in accordance with their respective responsibilities. Chapter 2 Tourism Planning and Development Article 5 Municipal, banner, county and district people's governments shall incorporate the development of tourism into the national economic and social development plans of the region, formulate preferential policies, encourage domestic and foreign organizations and individuals to invest in the development of tourism resources and operate tourism business. Article 6 The people's governments of cities, banners, counties and districts shall set up special funds for tourism development, include them in the annual fiscal budget, and increase them year by year, specifically for tourism publicity and promotion, the preparation of tourism plans and the construction of tourism infrastructure. Article 7 Tourism development planning shall be coordinated with the overall land use plan, ecological protection plan, urban construction overall plan and cultural industry and other related industry development plans.

The municipal tourism development plan shall be prepared by the development and reform administrative department and the tourism administrative department of the Municipal People's Government in conjunction with relevant departments based on the autonomous region's tourism development plan, and shall be implemented after being submitted to the Municipal People's Government for approval. The tourism administrative department of the Banner County People's Government shall prepare a tourism development plan for the region in accordance with the municipal tourism development plan, and after soliciting the opinions of the tourism administrative department of the municipal people's government, submit it to the people's government at the same level for approval and implementation. Article 8 The tourism administrative departments of the people's governments of cities, banners, counties and districts are responsible for the general survey and evaluation of tourism resources within their respective administrative regions, establishing tourism resource files, and guiding the development, construction and protection of tourism resources. Article 9 Formulating public transportation plans, arranging public transportation routes and setting up stations shall be conducive to the development of the tourism industry. Tourist routes should be included in urban transportation network planning. Chapter 3 Tourism Operation and Management Article 10 Tourism operators shall obtain business qualifications in accordance with the law.

Tourism employees should receive professional training from qualified departments and obtain training certificates before taking up their posts.

If the state stipulates that you must have job qualifications or professional qualifications, you must obtain the corresponding qualification certificate and then hold the certificate to work. Article 11 Tourism operators shall establish an internal management system, completely preserve business files, and truthfully submit financial and statistical statements to the tourism administrative department and relevant departments in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. Article 12 Tourism operators shall sign labor contracts with employees, provide professional ethics education to employees, and cooperate with relevant departments to organize employees to participate in tourism business skills training. Article 13 Tourism operators may establish or join tourism industry associations in accordance with the law. Industry associations should formulate industry service standards, strengthen industry self-discipline, provide services to members, organize market expansion, participate in tourism promotions, release market information, promote tourism products, conduct industry training and exchanges and other activities to promote the development of the tourism industry. Article 14: Implement an A-level assessment and review system for tourist areas (spots).

A-level tourist areas (spots) should provide services in accordance with national standards.

Tourist areas (spots) that have not been rated as A-level shall not use A-level titles or signs for publicity or operation. Article 15 Tourist areas (spots) that have not yet been included in the tourism development plans of cities, banners, counties, and districts and have received tourists before the promulgation and implementation of these Regulations shall be subject to review by the tourism administrative department and meet the following standards:

< p>(1) The parking lot is reasonably set up, and all signs are standardized and clear;

(2) There is a consultation and complaint reception room and a complaint and rescue hotline;

(3) Equipped with sanitation facilities and cleaning personnel that are suitable for the reception capacity, the garbage bins are clearly marked and coordinated with the environment, the toilets are reasonably set up, and the interior is clean;

(4) The layout of shopping venues is coordinated with the environment, and tourist products are It has the characteristics of the scenic spot (spot) and the region, standardized operations, and orderly management;

(5) Catering hygiene complies with national regulations;

(6) The number and language of the guides can Meet the needs of tourists, and the explanations are scientific, accurate and civilized;

(7) Environmental quality such as air, noise and water meet national standards. Article 16 The following behaviors are prohibited within tourist areas (spots) and their planned control areas:

(1) Arbitrarily setting up stalls and piles of debris;

(2) ) Dumping garbage, sewage, and discharging pollutants beyond standards;

(3) Quarrying, mining, sand dredging, deforestation, burning wasteland, hunting, grazing, and building graves;

( 4) Other behaviors that damage tourism resources and the ecological environment.

Article 17 To open a travel agency, an application must be submitted to the tourism administrative department of the Municipal People's Government, and a "Travel Agency Business License" must be obtained upon approval, and must be approved and registered by the industrial and commercial administrative department to obtain a business license. Those who have not obtained the "Travel Agency Business License" are not allowed to operate travel agency business or operate travel agency business in disguise.