Tourism regulations of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to regulate the order of the tourism market, protect and rationally develop and utilize tourism resources, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists and tour operators, and promote the sustainable development of tourism, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and in light of the actual situation of this autonomous region. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to tourism supervision and management, tourism management, protection and development of tourism resources, tourism promotion and development, and tourism within the administrative area of this Autonomous Region. Article 3 The development of tourism should be based on the effective protection of tourism resources, follow unified planning, rational development and scientific management, adhere to the principle of integrating economic benefits, social benefits and environmental benefits, and implement the policy of government-led, social participation and market-oriented operation. Article 4 The protection, development and utilization of tourism resources should be incorporated into the national economic and social development plan, and the people's governments at or above the county level should take effective measures to increase investment and support for tourism, strengthen the construction of tourism infrastructure, and promote the coordinated development of tourism and related industries. Article 5 The tourism authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of tourism within their respective administrative areas, formulate tourism services and tourism development plans, and guide and coordinate the development of tourism and the protection and development of tourism resources.

Other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall do a good job in promoting the development of tourism in accordance with their respective responsibilities. Article 6 Tourism industry associations shall improve the self-discipline management mechanism of the industry, standardize the business behavior of the industry, promote the development of the industry, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the members of the association according to law. Chapter II Promotion and Development of Tourism Article 7 Private capital is encouraged to invest and participate in the development of tourism resources, the establishment of tourism enterprises and the operation of tourism business.

Encourage and support the development of tourist souvenirs, local products, handicrafts and other tourist commodities with local characteristics or the uniqueness of tourist areas (spots).

Encourage the development of natural landscape tourism, coastal leisure tourism, border range rover tourism and ethnic customs tourism with local characteristics. Article 8 The people's governments at or above the county level may set up special funds for tourism development according to the needs of tourism development and financial situation, and incorporate them into the annual budget for tourism planning, tourism promotion, tourism resources protection and development, and tourism infrastructure construction. Ninth to strengthen the construction of tourism colleges and tourism majors, promote tourism research, teaching and vocational training, speed up the training of tourism talents, and improve the quality of tourism talents. Tenth autonomous regions to promote the standardization and standardization of tourism services.

The tourism authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall organize the implementation of national standards and industry standards for tourism, and conduct supervision and inspection.

The tourism authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall regularly announce to the public the tourism operators who meet the national standards and industry standards. Eleventh tourism departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall provide information consulting services for tourists and tour operators in important tourist areas (spots), tourist distribution centers and transportation hubs. Twelfth traffic administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, when formulating and modifying traffic plans and arranging key traffic routes and stations, link up with tourism development plans.

Urban and rural planning and construction should consider tourism development and tourism-related facilities construction as a whole. Thirteenth price departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall listen to the opinions of consumers, tourism operators, tourism authorities and other relevant departments when formulating and adjusting the tourism prices set and guided by the government. Article 14 When natural disasters, epidemics or other situations that may endanger the personal and property safety of tourists occur in tourist areas, the competent tourism authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, according to the notices issued by the people's governments at or above the county level and relevant departments, timely release tourism early warning information to tourists and tour operators. Chapter III Protection and Development of Tourism Resources Article 15 The competent tourism authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the preparation of tourism development plans within their respective administrative areas, which shall be implemented after being submitted for approval in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the state.

The tourism administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level may formulate special tourism plans according to the tourism development plans of their respective administrative regions.

The specific work of tourism development planning and tourism special planning shall be undertaken by units with corresponding tourism planning and design qualifications. Article 16 Tourism development planning shall be based on the national economic and social development planning of the administrative region and the tourism development planning at the next higher level, conform to the requirements of the overall land use planning, urban and rural planning and other relevant regional planning, and coordinate with the professional planning of scenic spots, nature reserves, cultural and religious sites and cultural relics protection units.

The relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, when formulating tourism-related plans, link up with the tourism development plans of their respective administrative regions. Article 17 The tourism authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for organizing the general survey, evaluation and registration of tourism resources within their respective administrative areas, establishing archives of tourism resources, and guiding, coordinating and supervising the protection, development and utilization of tourism resources.

The protection, development and utilization of tourism resources across administrative regions shall be organized and coordinated by the people's government at the next higher level. Eighteenth the development of tourism resources and the construction of tourism facilities should abide by the laws and regulations of environmental and resource protection, and carry out environmental impact assessment according to law. Supporting facilities for the protection of tourism resources and ecological environment shall be designed, constructed and put into use simultaneously with the main project of tourism construction projects.

Effective measures should be taken to protect the natural landscape and ecological original appearance when developing tourism projects with natural resources, and the construction scale and architectural style should be coordinated with the surrounding landscape; Those who use historical and cultural resources and ethnic cultural resources to develop tourism projects should maintain their unique historical features and ethnic characteristics.