Screenshot of the advertisement of Enjoying Going International Travel Agency, highlighting the discrimination words. [Photo from web] A travel agency in Changde, Hunan province, was punished on Wednesday for a tourism product that discriminates against pregnant women, journalists, tour guides and people with disabilities, local authorities said. Enjoying Going International Travel Agency in Changde posted information about an upcoming three-day tour to Guilin in the Guangxi autonomous region via WeChat on Wednesday, saying that people in those categories would not be accepted. Also, an extra 200 yuan ($32) would be charged for people whose ages were not between 24 to 69 or those who refused to enter the store the agency recommended. The tour was priced at 299 yuan per person, including transportation, accommodations and meals. The agency deleted the offer later that day and posted an open letter of apology explaining the advertisement as a clerical error by some staff and from inadequate supervision from leaders. The Changde bureau of tourism, foreign and overseas Chinese affairs investigated after receiving complaints about the advertisement on Sina Weibo. It subsequently ordered the agency to remove the ad. The bureau said it will also transfer information about other illegal travel-related behavior by travel agencies to the local tourism administrative department, and conduct a special inspection campaign of all the city's travel agencies and crack down on illegal advertising. Although pregnant women, senior citizens, children and people with disabilities do cost more during travel, it's illegal to put them on a blacklist, said He Mang, assistant dean of the School of Tourism Management in Sun Yat-sen University. The travel agency only focused on profit but neglected its social responsibility, he added, which is not unique in the tourism industry. Rules that damage tourists' interests should be eliminated, he said. printed-wristbandrubber wristbandsrubber braceletsfunny silicone wristbandsembossed-wristband
Tourists visit Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong in February. [Photo/VCG] HONG KONG - As Labor Day holiday approaches, tourists are expected to make over 370,000 visits through control point at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station during the four-day holiday from May 1, West Kowloon Station Frontier Inspection of Express Rail Link said on Monday. According to the frontier inspection, 40 newly-built automated immigration clearance channels will be put into use on May 1 to improve clearance efficiency. Therefore overall, there are 100 channels at the control point, 50 for arrivals and 50 for departures, to meet the growing demand of tourists. A spokesman of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said that, to cope with the tourist flow into Hong Kong, relevant government departments will strengthen manpower at various control points and co-ordinate transport and cross-boundary services during the Labor Day holiday. 80s rubber braceletswide rubber braceletsrubber wristbandssilicone-wristbandswristband-home<%2fcenter>
