CNTA Trains Travel Service Providers
The China National Tourism Administration has held a meeting to train travel agencies offering Taiwan trips, asking them to follow strict guidelines on professional ethics and operation regulations.
CNTA: Local Governments Can Resume May Golden Week
Liu Xiaojun, a representative of the China National Tourism Administration, has told the media that although CNTA had not considered resuming the May Golden Week holiday, it was possible that the local governments at various levels may resume the holiday on a trial basis if they think it's conducive to their economic development.
CNTA: Travel Agencies Received More Complaints In 2008
The China National Tourism Administration has published a report on the complaints received about travel services in 2008.
CNTA: National Leisure Plan To Be Issued This Year
A representative from China National Tourism Administration has told local media that China's national leisure plan, which is currently being drafted with the aim of helping to stimulate the country's domestic travel market, will be promulgated this year.
Record Travel Figures At Chinese New Year
The China National Tourism Administration and the National Bureau of Statistics of China have jointly released statistics on the performance of China's travel market during the recent Spring Festival holiday.
Changzhou Says It Has Additional Environmentally-friendly Hotels
Changzhou Municipal Tourism Department says that the city has eight additional environmentally-friendly hotels, but it has not disclosed the names of these hotels.
China Sets Goals For Tourism Industry
China has set goals for its tourism development in 2009 and aims at receiving 1.85 billion tourists for domestic travel, 50 million for outbound travel, 132 million tourists for inbound travel and a total tourism income of CNY1.23 trillion.
Shanxi To Refund Travel Quality Deposits To Over 600 Travel Agencies
According to an order from the China National Tourism Administration, the Shanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau begun to refund travel quality deposits to local travel agencies.
CNTA Announces Measures To Mitigate Impact Of Financial Crisis
The China National Tourism Administration has announced a number of measures to revive the confidence of the domestic tourism market and develop the tourism economy.
CNTA To Partially Refund Travel Quality Deposits To Travel Agencies
The China National Tourism Administration has announced that it has decided to refund part of the travel quality deposits to travel agencies to assist them in dealing with operational difficulties caused by, amongst other issues, the current international financial crisis.
CNTA: China's Inbound Tourist Numbers Continued To Decrease In October
The latest statistics issued by the China National Tourism Administration indicate that in October 2008, the number of inbound tourists to China was 11,220,000, a decrease of 3.22% compared to the same month of 2007.