Strict rules to resume HK tourism reputation
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-22 10:26 HONG KONG -- The Travel
Industry Council of Hong Kong said Saturday that travel agencies which force
tourists to shop will face severe punishments, including license suspension.
The council hopes the decision can help to resume the reputation of Hong Kong
tourism industry by stopping the strange practice of forcing tourists to shop in
order to balance the inadequate travel expenses.
The most recent example was that 12 mainland tourists from Qinghai were
abandoned in Kowloon because they did not buy "enough goods."
Executive Director of the council Joseph Tung said travel agencies are
forbidden from forcing tourists to shop and any agencies which break the rule
will be suspended from doing business or deprived of license.
The tour guide who forced tourists from Qinghai to shop has reportedly
returned his license. And the whole case is still under investigation.
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