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Sep 28Mon
  1. Pinchain Tourism

    China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Tourism Complaints Down 39.24% This Year

    At a September 24 State Council Information Office briefing, Man Hongwei, Director of the Resource Development Department of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, outlined three priorities for tourism during the 15th Five-Year Plan: strengthening tourism's livelihood benefits, refining services, and enhancing safety. Measures include encouraging scenic-area combo tickets, cultural tourism annual cards and dedicated consumption vouchers, optimizing reservations and opening hours at popular sites, improving service quality evaluation, and coordinating with relevant departments on tourism safety oversight. Nationwide tourism complaints fell 39.24% year on year this year.

Sep 25Fri
  1. China Tourism News

    China Releases Measures to Boost RV Consumption

    China's newly released Measures on Promoting RV Consumption call for strengthening RV tourism product supply and management services and implementing RV consumption promotion actions. Industry players said they will advance implementation based on local conditions. In Qiaojia County, Yunnan, more than 8,000 RVs from over 30 provinces entered last year; the county plans to integrate RV living with dining, homestays, agricultural products and sports events. Companies including CTS Self-Driving and Hainan Huatie Fengtu plan to integrate rental and destination resources, advance credit-based deposit waivers and one-way returns, and launch customized insurance. Experts suggest building a tiered…

Sep 24Thu
  1. China Tourism News

    World Tourism Day Focuses on AI Reshaping Tourism

    World Tourism Day on September 27 is themed 'Digital Agenda and AI Reshaping Tourism,' with the main event in El Salvador. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for people-centered technology. Citing the UN Tourism World Tourism Barometer, the article reports 1.52 billion international tourist arrivals in 2025, up about 4% year on year, and about US$1.9 trillion in international tourism receipts, up about 5%. WTTC data show tourism's contribution to global GDP rose to 6.7% in 2025. China has issued the Smart Tourism Innovation Development Action Plan and the 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Tourism Power, with a dedicated chapter on smart tourism. The article flags four issues: the…

Sep 18Fri
  1. China Tourism News

    State Council Forwarded Measures to Boost RV Consumption

    The State Council General Office forwarded the Measures to Boost RV Consumption (Guoban Han [2026] No. 82), proposed by ten departments led by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, dated 13 September 2026. The nine-part policy covers improving RV supply quality, registration, scrappage and driver training, road access and parking, campsite development, tourism product supply, rental services, financial support, consumption promotion and safety management.

Sep 16Wed
  1. China Tourism News

    Expert Analysis: From Single Tourism Land Guarantee to Coordinated Allocation of Tourism-Related Na…

    Zeng Bowei of Beijing Union University's Tourism College analyzes the joint guidance on optimizing natural resource allocation for regulated tourism development. The article notes that the 2015 tourism land policy expired in 2020, and the new guidance re-integrates tourism factor policies under the 'multi-plan integration' territorial spatial planning system and natural resource asset management framework. It examines five key areas: planning coordination with space first, differentiated land-use control, integrated resource supply, stock revitalization, and full-lifecycle service supervision, noting the policy shifts tourism project development from solely guaranteeing construction land to…

  2. China Tourism News

    Three Ministries Issue Guidance to Optimize Natural Resource Allocation for Regulated Tourism Growth

    China's Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and National Forestry and Grassland Administration jointly issued guidance to optimize natural resource allocation and promote regulated, orderly tourism development. The guidance introduces incremental policies covering spatial planning, land-use control, land supply models, revitalization of inefficient land, and service supervision. It calls for incorporating the spatial needs of 15th Five-Year Plan tourism development into the national territorial spatial planning 'one map', allows certain scattered tourism public facilities to be sited as independent urban construction land outside urban development boundaries, per…

Sep 15Tue
  1. China Tourism News

    Three Ministries Issue Guidance on Optimizing Natural Resource Allocation for Orderly Tourism Devel…

    China's Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and National Forestry and Grassland Administration jointly issued guidance on optimizing natural resource allocation to promote orderly tourism development. The document covers spatial planning, land-use regulation, resource supply, reuse of existing space, and service supervision. It requires integrating 15th Five-Year Plan tourism spatial needs into the national territorial spatial planning 'one map', allows certain tourism support facilities outside urban development boundaries or managed under original land categories, supports eco-tourism activities such as camping, hiking, and study tours outside core protected ar…

Aug 24Mon
  1. Skift Feed

    Thailand Revives Tourist Fee at THB 450

    Thailand is again advancing a foreign tourist entry fee, set at THB 450 (about $14) per visitor, with collection targeted as early as Q1 2027. The National Tourism Policy Committee has endorsed draft principles, sending it to a 30-day public consultation before returning to the committee and Cabinet. The fee is higher than the previously abandoned framework (THB 300 air, THB 150 land/sea), reflecting inflation and rising insurance costs. Revenue would fund visitor insurance, infrastructure, secondary-city development, environmental restoration, and more. The policy returns amid declining arrivals: ~33 million in 2025, down from 35.5 million in 2024 and below the 2019 peak of 40 million. Col…

Jun 2Tue
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Japan's inbound tourism boom becomes policy priority

    According to Phocuswright research, Japan's total travel gross bookings rose 8% to $94.2 billion in 2025. Inbound arrivals reached a record 42.7 million, while outbound travelers totaled 14.7 million. The government now treats tourism as a pillar, targeting 60 million inbound visitors and ¥15 trillion spending by 2030, but shifting focus to higher-value travel, regional dispersion, and overtourism management.