Empowering package tour travellers by disempowering tourism operators? Assessing the effectiveness of the Tourism Law of China

Chen, Nan and Burns, Kevin and Wang, Jing; Çakmak, Erdinç and Tucker, Hazel and Hollinshead, Keith, eds. (2021) Empowering package tour travellers by disempowering tourism operators? Assessing the effectiveness of the Tourism Law of China. In: Tourism Paradoxes. Channel View Publications, Bristol. ISBN 9781845418113

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Abstract

The Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China (the Chinese Tourism Law 2013) directed at empowering and protecting package tour travellers came into force commencing on 1 October 2013. This is the first national tourism law in China, focusing on low-fare package tours, the unsustainable development of tourism resources, and uncivilised tourist behaviours. This chapter will examine the effectiveness of this law in protecting tourists’ benefits by governing low-fare package tours which remain in a chaotic state.