Tourism operators suspended

MICE News
Friday, 18 June 2010
Two New South Wales tourism operators have been suspended from organising Chinese tour groups to visit Australia after breaching an agreed code of business standards and ethics.

Honey Trading PL and Ai Hua International Travel PL were found to be in breach of the Approved Destination Status (ADS) Code of Business Standards and Ethics during regular compliance monitoring activities by the Australian Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.


The businesses have been suspended from the ADS scheme for a period of three months for tourism quality issues, effective from 18 June.


*According to the Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC), visitor arrivals from China are forecast to increase 13.3 per cent in 2010 (compared to 2009), to 417 000. Over the longer term, arrivals are forecast to increase at an average annual rate of 7.9 per cent to 761 000 in 2018.

Tourism operators suspended

MICE News
Friday, 18 June 2010
Two New South Wales tourism operators have been suspended from organising Chinese tour groups to visit Australia after breaching an agreed code of business standards and ethics.

Honey Trading PL and Ai Hua International Travel PL were found to be in breach of the Approved Destination Status (ADS) Code of Business Standards and Ethics during regular compliance monitoring activities by the Australian Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.


The businesses have been suspended from the ADS scheme for a period of three months for tourism quality issues, effective from 18 June.


*According to the Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC), visitor arrivals from China are forecast to increase 13.3 per cent in 2010 (compared to 2009), to 417 000. Over the longer term, arrivals are forecast to increase at an average annual rate of 7.9 per cent to 761 000 in 2018.