旅游业监管局临近了.PDF

主題故事 Cover Story 旅遊業監管局臨近了 Travel Industry Authority is near 本刊記者 Staff reporter 編按：《旅遊業條例草案》所揭示的，只是新監管制度及旅遊業監管局的框架而已。話雖如此，當中卻已包含大量直接影響業者的細 節，下文因而簡單介紹了一些重點。雖然本刊力求準確解釋《草案》，但任何解釋都應以《草案》為準。 Editor’s note: What the Travel Industry Bill reveals is no more than a framework of the new regulatory regime and the Travel Industry Authority (TIA). That said, the Bill contains so many details which will directly affect members of the industry that some key points deserve to be briefly mentioned in the following. Although The Voice tries to interpret the Bill as accurately as possible, the Bill itself should be the only arbiter of any interpretations. 立法會通過《草案》後，最快兩三年旅監局就可以成立了。 After the Bill is passed by the Legislative Council, the TIA will be set up in two to three years at the earliest. 備了七年(見下面的時序)，《草案》終於在 even years in the making (see the chronology below), the Bill was fi- 籌今年三月向立法會提交。在過去幾年，旅 S nally introduced to the Legislative Council in March 2017. Over the past few years, industry members, travel agents, tourist guides and tour 行代理商、導遊、領隊等業者，必然聽到了不少 escorts alike, must have heard of quite a lot of things about the new regu- 關於新監管制度的種種訊息。現在《草案》公佈 latory regime. Now that the Bill is released, they should have a look on 了，他們可以自行看看日後議會把監管職能轉交 their own at how they will be regulated in the future after the TIC hands 給旅監局後，他們會怎樣被監管。 over its regulatory functions to the TIA. Different aspects of TIA 旅監局的不同方面 As far as regulatory methods are concerned, the new regulatory regime is 以監管方法而言，新監管制度比現行的雙