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Question : What tourism products will be included in the “multi-destination products featuring Hong Kong”? Asked by : Hon. TSE Wai-chun, Paul Reply : In 2010-11, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) will co-operate with Macau and a number of Mainland cities, including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Sanya, Haikou, Xian, Guilin, Kunming and Lijiang, etc. as well as Thailand, Malaysia and Bali in Indonesia, to promote multi-destination travel products in various source markets, including Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada and Germany. These products include:
Question : What is the overall income and expenditure of the Travel Agents Registry, its change in staffing establishment and the adjustment in the remuneration of its staff for the coming financial year of 2010-11? Could such information be included in the budget for 2010-11 for the inspection of Councillors and members of the public so that they may raise questions to the bureau(x) concerned when necessary? Asked by : Hon. TSE Wai-chun, Paul Reply : The Travel Agents Registry (TAR) is set up by the Tourism Commission under the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau. Its revenue and expenditure are reflected under Subhead 152 of Head 11 and Programme (6) Travel and Tourism of Head 152 respectively. The establishment, estimated revenue and expenditure of the TAR for 2010-11 are as follows:
The estimated revenue for 2010-11 is about $5.253 million higher than the revised estimate of $1.956 million for 2009-10. The reason is that the relief measures, effective from 1 July 2009, of waiving travel agents licence application fee and licence fee for 12 months, will expire on 30 June 2010. The TAR has maintained an establishment of 14 since its formation in 1985. In the early days, the TAR’s main role was to issue travel agents licences to outbound travel agents and conduct financial surveillance on travel agents under the Travel Agents Ordinance (TAO). In response to the continuous development of tourism, the TAR keeps expanding its functions. Since 1993, the TAR has taken up the daily administration of the Travel Industry Compensation Fund Management Board and the Travel Industry Compensation Fund. After the implementation of the Package Tour Accident Contingency Fund Scheme in 1996, the TAR has assumed responsibility for the daily management of the Scheme. In 2002 when the TAO was amended to introduce a regulatory regime for inbound travel agents, the TAR took on the work to issue licences to inbound travel agents without additional resources. All along, the TAR has been handling extra workload and embracing new challenges due to expanded functions by flexible redeployment of existing resources.
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