Inner Mongolia Deploys Holiday Tourism Safety and Market-Order Measures

Key points

• On 20 September, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism held a video conference on region-wide culture and tourism safety production and the holiday market, assigning work on hazard inspection, market-order supervision, consumption stimulation and service support.
• The meeting required close attention to amusement facilities, large-scale cultural tourism events, fire and electrical safety, forest and grassland fire prevention and extreme-weather response, with regular dynamic clearing of major hazards and suspension and rectification of facilities not meeting safety operating standards.
• It called for strict regulation of large commercial performances and public cultural tourism events, firm implementation of crowd control and emergency evacuation, and safety rectification at crowded venues.
• It required strict management of travel agencies, tour coaches and high-risk tourism projects, tough enforcement against illegal operations, and stronger counter-terrorism responsibilities and security-facility inspection at crowded venues.
• It required richer holiday product supply, a stronger autumn cultural tourism IP, optimised premium routes, and more folk-experience, self-drive and night-consumption offerings.
• It specified upgraded holiday services at museums, cultural centres and other public cultural venues, with exhibitions, intangible-heritage experiences and study-tour activities.
• It stressed strict holiday duty systems, with leaders on shift and key posts staffed 24 hours, and refined information-reporting procedures.
• The meeting had its main venue at the regional department, with sub-venues at league and city culture and tourism bureaus including Manzhouli and Erenhot; Hohhot, Hulunbuir and Alxa gave exchange remarks.