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Beijing Municipal Administration of Tourism has the following main responsibilities:
1. Develop the city's tourism industry, make medium- and long- term, as well as annual plans.
2. Draft local regulations related to tourism, and put them into operation.
3. Implement strategies to explore tourist markets overseas; organize major events to promote tourist resources in the city; and carry out related business exchanges.
4. Cultivate the domestic tourist market, design and implement measures to develop domestic tourist businesses; and organize major promotional events.
5. Be responsible for approval of travel agencies within jurisdiction; organize hotel ratings evaluation; handle quality grading and evaluations on all tourist areas (spots) in the city; give approval to applications for designated tourist units, specify relevant standards and administrative measures; and oversee local tourist enterprises and staff.
6. Set standards for tourist services and upgrade quality; organize inspections and exchanges concerning service quality; receive complaints from foreign and domestic tourists and supervise handling of complaints by tourist enterprises.
7. Regulate the city's tourist market; guide handling of violations of tourism-related regulations; improve the tourism environment and ensure healthy growth of the local tourist market.
8. Organize surveys on tourist resources in the city; examine and give approvals on construction of the city's tourist infrastructure and projects to develop tourist areas (spots).
9. Promote tourism, develop tourist products, manufacture and market tourist souvenirs and boost tourist-related entertainment business; ensure safety for tourists and public order in tourist areas (spots).
10. Form training plans in the tourist industry; develop qualification and grading systems for employees; coordinate tourism training in specialized institutions and tourist enterprises.
11. Guide non-governmental tourism organizations and coordinate tourism work at county and district levels.
12. Undertake other duties assigned by the Beijing Municipal Government.
Contact:
E-mail: VisitbjEng@163.com
Website: http://english.visitbeijing.com.cn/
