Beijing Expects Takeoff in TourismBeijing will seize the opportunities arising from the success of its Olympic bid and vigorously expand tourism in order to realize good results in this regard.In an interview with Xinhua, Yu Changjiang, head of Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau, said that his establishment would make greater efforts to enlarge the tourism market at home and abroad, rectify tourism order, explore tourism resources and improve the quality of tourism industry workers. The concept of the Beijing Olympic Games, which features " greenness, popularity, and high-tech orientation" also reflects the theme for developing tourism in this Chinese national capital, said the official. With a huge investment in infrastructure in the years to come, Beijing will have an overall improvement in catering service, accommodations, transport, sightseeing, shopping, entertainment and environment, which are the seven main factors of the tourism industry and are also basic conditions for Beijing to successfully hold the Olympic Games in 2008, the official said. He added that his organization would cooperate with relevant government departments in carrying out a range of activities, including the introduction of a rating system among restaurants, four-A standards among scenic sites, as well as a contest of tourists guides on TV, in a bid to make preparations for the rapid development of the tourism industry. |
| People's Daily Online --- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/ |