Qingdao Announces Financial Incentives to Further the Development of the Local Cruise Tourism Sector

Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China s Shandong province, recently rolled out a program of incentive policies combined with new services, with the aim of accelerating the build out of the China Cruise Tourism Development Experimental Zone in Qingdao and the city s transition into an international tourism destination.

Release time : 2018-12-26 09:58:38

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Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China's Shandong province, recently rolled out a program of incentive policies combined with new services, with the aim of accelerating the build out of the China Cruise Tourism Development Experimental Zone in Qingdao and the city's transition into an international tourism destination. On December 11, the Qingdao Municipal Tourism Development Committee and Shibei District People's Government jointly released the Detailed Implementation of Policies in Support of Cruise Tourism in Qingdao. According to the document, Qingdao's municipal government plans to provide incentive subsidies of up to 3 million yuan (approx. US$435,000) to cruise firms that include the city as a port of call in their itineraries and travel agencies that organize sightseeing tours in the city, as well as for outbound travel agencies and ticket agents that operate rented and chartered cruises in Qingdao.

The Qingdao government plans to provide subsidies to the following qualified organizations:

100,000 to 500,000 yuan (approx. US$14,500- US$72,500) per voyage to cruise firms and travel agencies that qualify as per the recently released document mentioned above;

100,000 to 400,000 yuan (approx. US$14,500- US$58,000) per voyage for departures from Qingdao;

500,000 yuan (approx. US$72,500) per every ten voyages to cruise firms that have launched formal operations in Qingdao;

3 million yuan (approx. US$435,000) for 50 voyages and above.

In addition, the Shibei District government, the Qingdao International Cruise Port Services Administration and Qingdao Port Group have jointly issued a notice entitled "Ways to Encourage the Organization of Cruise Passenger Sources," which prescribes that outbound travel agencies and ticket agents that rent or charter cruise ships with the base of operations in Qingdao and succeed in boarding 5,000 or more passengers per year who then travel abroad would be entitled to a