Macau China Tourism Pact
Posted by admin on Tuesday Aug 9, 2011 Under News
A tourism pact between Macau and China is designed to improve the quality of package tours from the mainland and guard against growing tourism fraud. The new pact will crack down on practices like zero fee tour packages and forced shopping beginning on August 1. The pact imposes six new requirements that package tours must meet, in order to reinforce mainland tourism regulations in Macau and increase tour quality.
Specifically, tour contracts must now explicitly state details of all included arrangements such as meals, sightseeing, accommodation, shopping, transport and entertainment. They must also identify the main shopping venues in the resort and specify how much of the itinerary will be dedicated to shopping. Contracts must also detail all tour fees and whether there are optional itineraries which will be offered for an extra charge.