Travel Service Squeezed Into Government Procurement List

Yesterday, the "Shanghai government logistics equipment exhibition" appeared for the first time in many travel agencies in the city. figure This is the change following the formal implementation of the Shanghai tourism Ordinance in March 1st this year: travel service "Become the object of government procurement.

According to the "Shanghai municipal government procurement centralized procurement catalogue and procurement quota standard", which will come into effect in January 1st next year, if the budget of the "travel service" budget exceeds 500 thousand yuan, it can be procured by the purchaser itself, or it can also be entrusted by the centralized purchasing agency or the intermediary agency with the qualification of the government procurement agency business to procurement by the agent. "The budget of the government in 2005"

Ling Cheng, general manager of Shanghai business travel, said that the arrangement of government affairs and business travel through travel agencies is a common practice in the world. Arranging travel services through travel agencies can not only reduce administrative and business costs, but also facilitate post examination. In September this year, they organized 180 Shanghai export association to participate in the Transnational Procurement Conference.

He said that for a long time, outbound travel played a major role in China's outbound travel market. Before 1999, the number of people leaving the country was always higher than that of private residents. After 2000, the number of people leaving the country has increased. Resident The procedures for the application of personal passports are further simplified, and the number of people leaving the country has increased significantly. But even so, the number of people leaving the country still accounts for about 30% of the total number of outbound people and is increasing at an annual rate of 10%.

Since it is the first time to enter the government procurement channel, the participating travel agencies have set foot in the front to sell their services, "transparency" and "professionalization" are signs issued by many travel agencies. Sun Yinghui, deputy general manager of Shanghai Airlines, told reporters that the company had been involved in the travel service 5 years ago. From its accumulated experience, the travel service is a more personalized "housekeeping service" than the ordinary sightseeing group. It is a large annual travel expenses budget and planning for a government agency. When a tourist is traveling in a small business or a Inn Centro, travel agencies must take care of them.

However, due to the large number of business entities, the proportion of travel agencies in the domestic business market is not large at present. According to the estimation of Shanghai CYTS, business travel accounts for only 15% of the total number of visitors. In spite of this, the mode of service providers appointed by government agencies has been broken. In the future, travel agencies' travel service entering the government's "procurement list" needs to be competitive.