China Tells Government Units to Book Events at Fancy Hotels

China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism called on government units to hold meetings, training sessions and other activities at top hotels to help expand the capacity of China’s tourism industry, reversing an 11-year-old policy barring the use of such venues.

The measures are part of a plan to bolster domestic tourism issued Monday by the ministry. The plan sets a goal of maintaining reasonable growth and further improving the quality of the domestic tourism market by 2025.