Tour guides under the hammer
January 11, 2011 by Paphada Apimonton
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HONG KONG, 11 January 2011 – Hong Kong based tour guides protested, late last week, against a new policy that limits a guide’s employment to just a single tour group for the duration of its stay and outlaws shopping commissions.
The guides claim the new law prevents them from taking on extra jobs or receiving fees from establishments other than from the company that assigned them to lead a group. They estimate it could cut their overall monthly earnings by HK10,000.
About 1,000 tour guides joined the protest against the Travel Industry Council regulation that comes into effect 1 February.
Zero-dollar battle continues
March 4, 2010 by Chanida Sa-ngiamphaisalsuk
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A law to enforce minimum pricing on tour packages will be introduced this April.
According to the legislation, due to be come into effect 6 April, tour companies registered in Thailand must comply with a tour pricing rule that states the price to the customer should not fall below a pre-determined cost level.
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ Tourism Business and Guides Committee approved, 2 March, the addition of an article to the Tourism Business and Guides Act BE 2551.
