Kunming Tourism Administration has published a list of irregular operations and the resulting tourism complaints that occurred from May 1 to August 31, 2009. A total of eight travel agencies were punished for irregularities.
Four of the eight agencies — Yunnan International Travel Service, Yunnan Zhongqing International Travel Service, Kunming Fengqing International Travel (Group) Company, and Yunnan Travel Business International Travel Service — were punished for using illegal vehicles for tour groups in Kunming.
Kunming Comfort Travel Service was punished for setting up outlets without the approval of the tourism administrative department; Kunming Youth Travel Service was punished for selling travel products at below-cost prices; Kunming Boda Travel Service was punished for not signing contracts with tourists; and Kunming Hongyan Travel Service was punished for not providing information about tour groups to tourism administrative departments and tourism supervision organs.
