Campaign launched to improve sanitation conditions at China's tourist attractions
A new campaign has been launched in China to improve its sanitation conditions at Chinese tourist attractions, following a survey by the China Tourism Academy suggesting they needed improvement. &nbsp;The China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) will make spot checks of the attractions, with punishments given out to those failing to meet standards. &nbsp;This move is in line with China's ongoing strategy to double its spending on improving its domestic tourism in the country.
To improve the sanitation and toilet conditions of China's tourist attractions, a special one-month campaign was launched on Thursday by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

The campaign will focus on the scenic spots' trash disposal, sewage treatment and toilet conditions. It is especially required that toilet waiting time at the 3A and above (on a scale of 1-5) scenic spots should not exceed 10 minutes.

During the campaign, CNTA will organize special groups to conduct random inspections throughout the country. Attractions that cannot meet the standards might receive warnings and even punishments.

Sanitary toilet conditions and a greater number of public toilets at tourist attractions can help boost tourism in a country, according to The World Toilet Organization via Xinhua.

A survey released by the China Tourism Academy in April suggested that toilet conditions at tourist attractions generally need to be improved nationwide.

The one-month campaign is also intended to advance China's three-year "toilet revolution", which was launched by CNTA earlier this year and is aimed at building a total of 33,000 restrooms and renovating 24,000 by 2017 nationwide.

The tourism head had also encouraged local tourist attractions to consider the special needs of the elderly, women, children and the disabled when building and renovating toilets.