Regulations of Huzhou Municipality on Promoting Rural Tourism

Article 1 In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of rural tourists, tour operators and employees, effectively protect the ecological environment, make rational use of tourism resources, and promote the sustained, healthy and high-quality development of rural tourism, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China, the Tourism Regulations of Zhejiang Province and other relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to rural tourism activities, rural tourism industry development, service guarantee and management within the administrative area of this Municipality.

The rural tourism activities mentioned in these Regulations refer to sightseeing, vacation, leisure, entertainment, investigation and experience activities based on rural natural resources and human resources. Article 3 The municipal, district and county people's governments shall strengthen the organization and leadership of rural tourism, establish a joint meeting system and a comprehensive coordination mechanism, regularly study rural tourism, organize and formulate policies and measures to promote the development of rural tourism, and make overall plans to solve major problems in the development of rural tourism.

Township (town) people's governments and sub-district offices shall, in accordance with the responsibilities determined by the municipal, district and county people's governments, do a good job in resource protection, industrial development, order management and dispute resolution of rural tourism within their respective jurisdictions. Rural tourism institutions established according to law are responsible for the management of related services. Article 4 The municipal, district and county departments of culture, radio, film and television tourism shall be responsible for the overall coordination and tourism supervision and management of rural tourism development within their respective administrative areas.

City and county development and reform, education, public security, finance, human resources and social security, ecological environment, housing and urban and rural construction, transportation, natural resources and planning, water conservancy, agriculture and rural areas, commerce, health, emergency management, market supervision and management, sports, statistics, comprehensive administrative law enforcement, big data development and management and other relevant departments shall, according to their respective responsibilities, do a good job in rural tourism. Article 5 Villagers' committees shall guide villagers to protect and rationally utilize tourism resources, and support and organize villagers to develop rural tourism; Construction and management of rural tourism facilities according to law; Strengthen autonomous management and assist relevant departments and township (town) people's governments and sub-district offices to do a good job in supervision, management and dispute settlement.

Village collective economic organizations should make use of the resources owned or used by village collectives to develop rural tourism according to local conditions.

Villagers' meetings can incorporate civilized management and order maintenance into village rules and regulations.

The supervision committee shall support and cooperate with village-level organizations such as villagers' committees to perform their duties and supervise relevant work in rural tourism according to law. Sixth city and county culture, radio, film and television tourism and other relevant departments should strengthen the support and guidance of rural tourism industry associations, and promote their role.

Rural tourism industry associations should improve their service capabilities and carry out education and publicity, business consultation, information exchange, professional training and other services; Strengthen industry self-discipline and assist relevant departments to do a good job in supervision and management; Strengthen exchanges and cooperation with relevant industry associations; Participate in industry policy formulation, credit system construction, market information release, tourism product promotion and other activities. Article 7 The Municipal People's Government shall focus on leisure around Taihu Lake, natural ecology in the west and folk-custom rural tourism in eastern water towns, promote the development of rural tourism with high quality, characteristics and agglomeration, and promote global tourism.

City, district and county people's governments shall, in accordance with the principle of promoting rural tourism and protecting the ecological environment, organize the preparation and implementation of special plans for rural tourism according to law, and link them with relevant special plans.

New construction, reconstruction and expansion of rural tourism projects shall meet the requirements of special planning for rural tourism. Article 8 The municipal market supervision and management department shall, jointly with relevant departments such as culture, radio, film and television tourism, formulate and organize the implementation of local standards for rural tourism according to law, and guide rural tourism operators to provide services according to the standards.

Encourage rural tourism industry associations and operators to formulate group standards and enterprise standards according to law. Article 9 The Municipal People's Government shall rely on the World Rural Tourism Conference and other platforms to carry out exchanges and discussions, image publicity, product promotion and other activities to enhance the quality and influence of rural tourism in this city.

Encourage and support institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes and professional institutions to carry out research on rural tourism development. Tenth city, district and county people's governments should promote the integration of tourism with agriculture, culture, science and technology, sports and other industries, and support the development of new industries and formats of rural tourism.

Encourage the development of characteristic tourism projects and products relying on characteristic towns, characteristic villages, Taihu Lake harbor, Sangji fish pond, patriotic education base and tourism resources such as silk, tea, porcelain, lake pens, wine and bamboo.

Encourage the excavation and utilization of museums, memorial halls, art galleries, intangible cultural heritage, farming culture, farming folk customs and other tourism resources, and develop rural tourism industry. Eleventh city, district and county people's governments should integrate the tourism resources within their respective administrative areas and their surrounding areas, and guide rural tourism industry associations and operators to design, develop and promote rural tourism routes.

Encourage rural tourism operators to strengthen cross-regional and cross-format cooperation, develop and promote rural tourism routes, and organize related tourism activities. Twelfth city, district and county people's governments should formulate policies and measures to promote rural tourism investment, encourage, guide and standardize industrial and commercial capital to develop rural tourism projects, and lead the high-quality development of rural tourism; Encourage and support village collective economic organizations and villagers to invest in rural tourism projects.

City, district and county people's governments shall guide industrial and commercial capital, village collective economic organizations and villagers to develop and operate local tourism resources.