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Beijing travel agencies to receive star rating

(CRI)
Updated: 2007-04-16 09:36


By this autumn, travelers in Beijing will be able to choose travel
agencies as easily as they would a star-rated hotel, tourism authorities
announced on Thursday (April 12).

Director of Beijing Tourism Administration, Du Jiang, introduced the
Classification and Appraisement on Travel Agencies at a press conference
and detailed how it will function. The first group of travel agencies to
receive star ratings will be announced in September.

Beijing's travel industry has grown quickly, now with 797 travel agencies
offering 222 international travel services and 575 domestic. For 2006,
total revenue for travel agencies in Beijing is 31.7 billion Yuan, an
increase of 43% with a net gain of 2.4 billion, an increase of 64% during
the same period last year.

But behind the impressive gains, establishing a standard credit system of
travel agencies has been in demand. With thousands of agencies to choose
from, customers are hard pressed to make the best choice.













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