Consultation on Yunnan tourism market order
On the 25th, the National Tourism Administration revealed that the National Tourism Administration held a working consultation meeting with the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government in Beijing. Li Jinzao, Director of the National Tourism Administration, Li Jiheng, Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, and Chen Hao, Governor of Yunnan Province, exchanged opinions on promoting the transformation and upgrading of Yunnan's tourism industry, maintaining the order of the tourism market, and promoting the improvement of the quality and efficiency of Yunnan's tourism industry, so as to solve the problems exposed in the development process of Yunnan's tourism and maintain market order. In order to fundamentally rectify the chronic diseases in the tourism market, Yunnan Province will speed up the establishment of the Tourism Police Corps and prefecture and city tourism police detachments. Yunnan will be the first province in my country to fully establish tourism police. (Beijing Times, October 26)
The tourism industry promotes direct consumption, industrial development and urbanization through "tourist transfer", bringing value enhancement effects, brand effects, ecological effects, and happiness value effects to the region. The development of tourism as an "industry without chimneys" has become a consensus everywhere. However, forced shopping, being "slaughtered" at every turn, and no way to protect rights have repeatedly turned "people on the road" into "people on the embarrassing journey." The Qingdao prawn incident that continues to ferment on the Internet is also a reflection of the widespread public outrage caused by the phenomenon of cheating and robbing customers. It is urgent to rectify the chronic diseases in the tourism market. The Yunnan Province’s initiative to establish a tourism police corps and prefecture-level city tourism police detachments aims to rectify the tourism market order and establish a good image of Yunnan tourism with the determination of a strong man. It is a good start.
Necessity of establishing tourism police
The establishment of tourist police is very necessary. From the perspective of tourists, they always have the mentality of "doing more is worse than doing less" when they go out. Most of them swallow their anger when faced with bullying and rip-offs, and they can't afford the time. In the end, they can only vent their frustrations online, feeling frustrated and frustrated. From the perspective of law enforcers, police stations are difficult to manage, because it is difficult for police to have evidence to characterize such incidents as fraud or extortion; industrial and commercial price departments are also in trouble. Although there are "Regulations on Handling Reports of Price Violations" and "Methods for Industrial and Commercial Administrative Departments for Handling Consumer Complaints", evidence collection and investigation are time-consuming, and tourists cannot wait. And when such an embarrassing situation is exposed through the Internet, it is a huge blow to the local tourism industry, and those honest operators are also innocently affected. What Yunnan Province has done this time can show a city's determination to realize its shame and the courageous determination of a strong man to cut off his wrists. There is hope for the governance of "people on the road of embarrassment".
Existing practices of overseas tourism police
The establishment of tourist police is not the first of its kind in our country. Many countries and regions in the world, such as Thailand, Argentina, Russia, Egypt, Hawaii, etc., have established tourist police. They speak foreign languages, dress eye-catchingly, and can be seen everywhere in hotels and tourist attractions. If they ask for directions, lose items, or are extorted, the tourist police will immediately intervene to solve the problem. They are even a beautiful local scenery, making tourists happy to go. Stones from other mountains can be used to conquer jade, and learning from the experiences of other tourism-powerful countries is a useful exploration and attempt.
Tourism police need to enforce laws according to local conditions
"Those who learn from me will live, those who resemble me will die." Tourism police must adapt to local conditions. How to coordinate the work of the tourist police with other regulatory departments, how to clarify the boundaries of power, how to overcome the difficulty of obtaining evidence from other departments, and how to enforce the law involving multiple industries, fields, and groups, are all issues that need to be repeatedly discussed and verified when the tourist police system is implemented.
The establishment of tourism police is only the first step, but more steps must be taken to truly rectify tourism chaos and promote the healthy development of the tourism ecology.