Tourism Bureau

About TTB (泰州旅游局)

Taizhou Tourism Bureau (TTB) is the official government branch for tourism management of Taizhou. TTB’s responsibilities are:

• To implement tourism policies issued by state and provincial tourism governments.
  
• To develop and carry out tourism management regulations and methods throughout Taizhou.
  
• To work out and carry out tourism development strategies as well as long-term action plans.
  
• To study and develop marketing strategies for both domestic and inbound tourist markets; to promote the destination image of Taizhou by means of various festivals and events.
  
• To evaluate tourism resources of Taizhou and create resource database; to work out plans on tourism development, facility construction and environment upgrading; to apply for national and provincial tourism development projects.
  
• To guide the development of new tourism products and itineraries in Taizhou; to participate in the planning of tourism transportation and tourism services standards.
  
• To supervise the market situation and service quality of tourism developments; to defend the legal rights of both the consumers and vendors in the tourism industry.
  
• To supervise the security of hotels, travel agencies, attractions and other tourism related companies such as entertainment facilities.
  
• Authorized by Jiangsu Provincial Tourism Bureau, to approve domestic travel agencies and two-star hotels; to carry out primary evaluation of international travel agencies and three-star and the above level hotels; to participate in the evaluation of international tourism related companies.
  
• To carry out tourism human resource training programs in order to improve their knowledge and skills, and to reinforce the construction of spiritual civilization.
  
• To initiate and supervise the research and statistics of Taizhou’s tourism industry.