Tourist Safety
1. Legal rights of tourist protection
To regularize the tourist market, Yangzhou municipal government promulgated "Suggestions on Strengthening the Management of Scenic Sports" and "Suggestions on Strengthening the Management of the Tourist Market" and published telephone numbers for handling tourist complaints. Yangzhou's tourist supervision department has joined hands with the industrial and commercial, public security, price control and administrative departments to crack down on private stalls without permission, sales under duress, fake commodities and cheating; and to deal with complaints in a timely way to safeguard the legal rights of the tourists and promote the development of Yangzhou tourism.
2. Emergency aid for tourists
To handle any emergency, help whoever is in difficulty, save whoever is at risk or in danger, and respond to whoever needs help-these are the promises of the "110" patrol police, and their service has won wide praises from local residents and visitors from home and abroad. Yangzhou Tourist Bureau has worked out a "major accidents handling and report system". The tourist safety responsibility system has been implemented, and police substations and joint security personnel have been established at scenic spots. Yangzhou medical relief station (120) was set up in June 1991 to deal with accidents, and give emergency relief before the victim is sent to hospital. The station has trained medical staff to travel with the ambulance, and has set up a Red Cross medical relief station at the Slender West Lake and other major scenic sports.
3. Main medical relief station
Scenic spot |
Location of the station |
Telephone |
Fax |
Shugang-Slender West Lake |
Inside Slender West Lake Park |
7341324 |
7363787 |
Tourist Insurance
Travel agencies in Yangzhou have strictly implemented the "Temporary Regulations on Travel Agencies in Handling Accidental Tourist Insurance" by China National Tourism Administration. Yangzhou Tourist Bureau has also redoubled efforts to examine travel agencies in handling tourist accident insurance through its annual inspection of tourist enterprises and irregular surveys, to strengthen the sense of guarding against risk, and safeguard the legal rights of the tourists.