National tourist resorts in China to be subject to review every three years

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said it will establish a dynamic management mechanism for national-level tourist resorts, which will be subject to a comprehensive review every three years.

During the review, if a resort is found to have problems such as an ineffective system for publicizing tourism information, safety incidents, or violations of core socialist values, it shall be reprimanded or have its grading revoked, according to a new directive released by the ministry.

Tourist resorts that receive a reprimand during the review shall rectify all problems in a timely manner and the rectification period usually shall not exceed one year, it read.

In addition, those that have their grading revoked will not be eligible to reapply for a national-level grading within three years.

China has developed a network of tourism and vacation products led by 30 national-level resorts and supported by 453 at the provincial level, the ministry's figures show.

The government will launch the identification of a new batch of national tourist resorts and issue unified logos for them to promote their upgrading and expansion, according to the ministry.