June passed by in a hurry and temperatures are rising fast all around. Summer vacation is also considered to be the peak season for traveling la! And with the peak season comes the new rules about everyone traveling related to tourism, especially the small partners who travel abroad, then you need to pay attention to the Hong Kong and Macao pass fees have begun to reduce la!

New national regulations

Ordinary passport and travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao pass fee reduction

July 1, the national public security organs of the Exit-Entry Administration to reduce the ordinary passport, travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao pass fees, ordinary passport from 160 yuan each to 120 yuan each, travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao passes from 80 yuan each to 60 yuan each. It is expected that after the implementation of this policy, 65 million people will benefit annually, reducing the people's related expenses by about 2 billion yuan.

Documents accepted before July 1 are still subject to the original standards. This is the National Immigration Administration this year, following the entry and exit documents "nationwide" and other measures launched another policy to benefit the people.

National railroads to implement the new operating map

July 10, 00:00 onwards, the national railroad will implement the new train operating map. After the transfer, the national railroad daily additional 39 pairs of through passenger trains, change the operation of 54.5 pairs of sections, change the operation of 16.5 pairs of trails, other adjustments to 85 pairs.

Increase Chongqing West, Tianjin West, Nanning East, Zhaoqing East, Shantou to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station trains, increase Zunyi, Guiyang East, Baiyangdian, Handan East, Yueyang East, Hengyang East, Wuzhou South, Foshan West, and other stations for through Hong Kong passenger business, the mainland and Hong Kong connected to high-speed rail stations will increase to 58. At Baiyangdian Station of the Tianjin-Baoding high-speed rail line, travelers and people from Xiongan New Area can take the high-speed rail train from Tianjin West to Hong Kong's West Kowloon for a direct connection to Hong Kong.

Nanning-Guangzhou, Nanning-Kunming and the Hami-Urumqi section of Lanzhou-Xinjiang High-Speed Railway will optimize the train running scheme, and the running time of train sets between some cities will be greatly compressed. Nanning to Guangzhou train group shortest running time of 2 hours 45 minutes, compressed 30 minutes; Nanning to Kunming train group shortest running time of 3 hours 43 minutes, compressed 45 minutes; Lanxin high-speed rail Hami to Urumqi running time compressed 25 minutes.

ETC pass preferential not less than 5%

According to the Ministry of Transportation General Office issued "on vigorously promoting the development and application of highway ETC work notice" requirements, July 1, 2019 onwards, the strict implementation of the basic preferential policies for ETC users of not less than 5% of the vehicle tolls, and to achieve the passage of the region's ETC vehicles undifferentiated basic preferential; encourage localities to combine the practical. Optimize and improve the highway differential toll policy, increase the concessions for ETC users; encourage the issuer to establish the ETC user points mechanism, to give ETC customer rights and benefits exclusive, gift redemption and other forms of concessions.

Local new Shanghai: throw garbage is not classified will be fined

July 1, "Shanghai municipal household garbage management regulations" implementation, Shanghai officially ushered in the national garbage classification. According to the relevant provisions of the Regulations, individuals mixed garbage, will be punished more than 50 yuan 200 yuan; units will not be put into the corresponding collection of domestic garbage containers, up to 50,000 yuan fine.

"Regulations" in the setting of fine benchmarks, the city management and law enforcement departments to make clear that if an individual will be wet garbage and recyclables, dry garbage mixed cast, is the first time, the fine applies to the benchmark of 50 yuan to 100 yuan, is the second time and above, the fine applies to the benchmark of 100 yuan to 200 yuan. If an individual mixes hazardous waste with other household garbage, the fine benchmark will be adjusted upward accordingly to reflect the principle of equalizing penalties, as the consequences are more serious.

In Shanghai, to carry out garbage classification is not only local citizens, but also foreign tourists, foreign tourists. July 1, foreign tourists, foreign tourists in Shanghai will be uneaten food and other randomly thrown into the street garbage cans, up to a maximum fine of 200 yuan.

Shanghai: hotels do not take the initiative to provide six small pieces

July 1, Shanghai hotels shall not take the initiative to provide guest room disposable daily necessities, including: toothbrush, comb, bath towel, razor, nail file, shoe polish, "six small pieces", in order to promote the reduction and reuse of resources.

Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism in the release of "the city's tourism and accommodation industry does not take the initiative to provide rooms with disposable daily necessities of the relevant questions and answers," said the hotel does not take the initiative to provide "six small pieces" should be taken into account in the convenience and satisfaction of the residents; such as the original no charge, shall not be charged for the opportunity to do so. "Do not take the initiative to provide" the main point is "not active", that is, the hotel can not take the initiative to configure, set up disposable items, reflecting the "passive"; but when the guests expressly indicated the need for, the hotel can still provide the "six small items" should take into account the convenience and satisfaction of the residents; such as the original no charge shall not take the opportunity to charge. The hotel can still provide the above "six small pieces", the way to provide can be sent to the door can also be the guest to a specific location to claim.

In addition, catering service providers, catering distribution service providers, shall not take the initiative to provide free disposable chopsticks, spoons and other tableware. In other words, from July 1, restaurants and takeout shall not take the initiative to provide disposable tableware.

Recently, Shanghai's new initiative has also caused other cities to follow suit, such as the Jinan Tourism Federation of cultural and creative branch associations, hotel industry associations jointly launched an initiative to minimize the use of disposable items, promote recyclable, reusable daily necessities, proposed that if you do not use the hotel's "six small pieces", the resident can be redeemed at the time of checkout! Jinan elements of cultural and creative souvenirs, this initiative from July 1 in Jinan, the first 19 hotels to implement.

Beijing: Haidian and other four districts on-street parking will be electronic charges

July 1, Shijingshan District, Chaoyang District, Fengtai District, Haidian District, more than the branch of the road side of the road side of the parking space will be all electronic charges, Yanqing District, part of the road will be implemented in advance of the electronic charges.

According to the overall implementation plan of Beijing's road parking electronic charging reform, Shijingshan District, Chaoyang District, Fengtai District, Haidian District, Yanqing District *** planning electronic charging for roadside parking spaces more than 24,000, involving more than 220 roads. In terms of payment, car owners need to download the Beijing Traffic APP to bind their vehicles and then make payment. Do not pay cash parking fees to anyone, and do not scan the payment QR code presented by anyone to pay; if you encounter violations, you can call the city management hotline 96310 or the parking management department of each district phone, to report.

Tianjin: Tianjin West Station drop-off area time limit stay 8 minutes

July 1 onwards, the public security traffic management department will be Tianjin West Station East and West drop-off area to implement time limit stay traffic management measures. At that time to send the station vehicles in the drop-off area within the time limit to stay, can stay a maximum of 8 minutes, overtime vehicles will be electronic police system recording penalties.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of time-stop measures to reduce overtime parking violations, improve the efficiency of the drop-off area, the public security traffic control departments in the time-stop area at the beginning and end of the set up ban signs, signs and electronic police equipment, in the entry and exit of time-stop area of the vehicle tips at the same time, real-time recording of vehicle information, there are overtime stay in violation of the law in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law to be Penalties.

Shanxi: tourist attractions can not just set the ticket price

July 1, Shanxi Province, "tourist attractions ticket pricing cost monitoring approach" began to implement. Measures" pointed out, tourist attractions ticket pricing costs refers to the price authorized by the competent department of the operator to ensure that the normal operation of the scenic area of the reasonable cost of expenditure. The Measures specify that the ticket pricing cost of a tourist attraction consists of the main operating costs and period expenses.

In addition, the scenic area supporting transportation (transportation vehicles, cable cars, ropeways, cruise ships), the use of public **** resources such as the construction of parking lots and other facilities or places incurred by the personnel and other related expenditures, should be shown separately; and tourist attractions tickets generated by the **** use of expenditures should be apportioned on a pro rata basis.

Guangzhou: Baiyun Airport empty operating vehicles prohibited from entering the departure level

July 1, zero hour, empty operating vehicles will be prohibited from driving into the Baiyun Airport, Terminal 1, Terminal 2 departure area, the areas involved include Terminal 1 departure level (South, South, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, North, and South, South, South, South, South, North, North, North, North, South, South, South, South, South, South, South, South, South, North, North, South, North, North and South. For offenders, the traffic control detachment of the Airport Public Security Bureau will impose a fine of 200 yuan and three demerit points in accordance with the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China.

New rules for international tourism category Ireland opens 5-year multiple-entry visas

From July 1, Chinese tourists submitting applications for visas for Ireland will be able to choose 5-year multiple-entry visas at the time of application.

According to the regulations, applicants may choose to apply for the 5-year multiple visa option if they have a reliable travel record, such as a visa previously issued by Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Schengen countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States, and meet the terms and conditions of those visas. All visa applications can be submitted online to 16 visa centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chongqing and support WeChat and UnionPay for visa fee payment. Visa fees remain at 60 euros for single entry and 100

euros for multiple entries, with visa processing time of 7-10 working days.

At present, Ireland has visa centers in 16 cities: Beijing, Wuhan, Shenyang, Jinan, Xi'an, Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Changsha and Hong Kong.

Australia: Visa Fees Increase

July 1, the Australian Immigration Department will adjust the fees for all types of visas. After the adjustment, the application fees for most visa categories, except for tourist visas, will go up by 5.4 percent. After the adjustment, the fee for a tourist or business visa will be RMB 730, for a working and vacation visa category will be RMB 2,440, and for a student visa will be RMB 3,110.

The 2019 fiscal year will officially open on July 1, while a variety of new bills will also be "landing" in Australia. From July 1, Australians will see a series of changes that will affect the cost of studying and traveling, as well as making it more expensive to travel in major cities.

From July 1, Australians will see a series of changes that will alter the way they study, commute to work and how people from overseas come to Australia. The latest changes are said to include:

Tertiary Education Loan Scheme: from July 1, the new minimum repayment threshold will be $45,881, with a repayment rate of 1 percent. The government will also introduce 17 loan limits and repayment rates up to a maximum of $134,573, which will then be subject to repayment of 10 percent of income. The repayment threshold will be determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to ensure that the standard of living can still be protected after repayment.

Safe travel for international students: from July 1, primary and secondary school students under the age of 18 will be required to have a safe travel plan or they will not be able to receive subsidies for booking travel.

NEW PAY FOR CARE PRACTITIONERS: Starting July 1, care services practitioners may receive a new grant of up to $600 for their work. They may also receive an aid for caring for a disabled child of up to $1,000.

MIGRANT VISA FEES: The Home Office has announced that after July 1, application fees for most visa categories will increase by 5.4 percent. For example, student visas will increase from $505 to $606, general skilled migrant visas will increase from $3,755 to $3,958 and partner visas will increase from $7,160 to $7,457.

Working Holiday Visa: The Working Holiday (WHM) visa program is also being changed to address labor shortages in remote areas of Australia. Working vacation visa holders who have worked in remote areas for six months on a second Working Holiday (Class 417) visa or a second Working Holiday (Class 462) visa will be able to apply for a third visa from July 1st.

Fare changes and recharges: In Victoria, from July 1, cab fares will increase on the CityLink and EastLink lines. On the CityLink, fares will be $6.40 for the west and south lines, respectively. On the Twin Line it is $8.45. The Circle Metro cab fare will be $18.12, and the Circle Suburban Metro cab fare will be $7.

In NSW, the toll for the East End Through Train (northbound) will increase to $7.69, while it will be $15.37 for other motorists.

Private health insurance: from July 1, health insurers will no longer be required to send a private health insurance statement to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Previously they were required to send statements by July 15 each year.

Tobacco Import Duty: From July 1, tobacco products will be subject to duty as soon as they are imported, removing the ability for tobacco importers to use warehousing arrangements to delay duty collection. Importers will have one year to pay the duty and it will apply to all imported tobacco products stored in warehouses, including legally imported products.

Selling or giving away pets: In NSW, advertisements for the sale or giving away of pets (kittens, puppies, etc.) will need to include an identification number. This will apply to all advertisements, including newspapers, posters, community bulletin boards, online advertisements and social media.