Oversight of tourism market strengthened

Authorities primed to increase their scrutiny of tour guides, show venues

Measures are in place to prevent irregularities in the tourism market during the Spring Festival travel boom, but more work is needed according to a senior official of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The official, Wang Xiaofeng, said at a news conference on Wednesday that no violations had been found in the random inspections that the ministry recently finished carrying out, but its work on market supervision, the delivery of tourism-related information and public services still needed to be beefed up.