In order to implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and create a national-level tourism and leisure block with distinctive cultural characteristics, the “Classification of Tourism and Leisure Blocks” (LB/T082-2021) industry standard (hereinafter referred to as the “Standard”) led by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has recently been promulgated and will be implemented from April 1, 2021.
It is understood that the “Standards” divide tourism and leisure blocks into two levels: national-level tourism and leisure blocks and provincial tourism and leisure blocks, and regulate the cultivation and practice of socialist core values in the blocks, the promotion of civilized tourism, economical diet and green consumption. The Standards put forward that tourism and leisure blocks should have a clear spatial scope, stable visitor reception, unified and effective management and operation institutions, and a certain proportion of local cultural and creative cultural formats. The Standards also set out requirements for the accessibility, cultural and tourism characteristics, environmental characteristics, business layout, service facilities, comprehensive services, health, safety, and management of tourist and leisure blocks.
In the next step, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will carry out pilot construction work in combination with the formulation of the implementation rules of the “Standards”, enhance the brand influence of national-level tourism and leisure blocks, and better play the role of demonstration and driving the industry.