During the Spring Festival this year, public security agencies across the country provided services and rescued 46,000 tourists.

　　China News Service, Beijing, February 29 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) A reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security on the 29th that during the 2024 Spring Festival, some tourist attractions will have concentrated passenger flow. Public security agencies in various places will closely cooperate with cultural and tourism departments to strengthen the investigation and inspection of potential safety hazards in scenic spots. To maintain public security and order, 593,000 police officers were dispatched, 5,790 cases of various travel-related disputes were handled, and 46,000 tourists were rescued, ensuring the safety and orderliness of various tourist attractions.

　　Since 2023, public security agencies across the country have focused on proactive policing and preventive policing, coordinated the promotion of tourism security crackdown, prevention, management and governance, and continued to purify the security environment in the tourism market, achieving good results.

　　In response to the accelerating recovery of the tourism and passenger transport industries, the public security organs have paid close attention to industry trends, enhanced risk awareness, and worked with relevant departments to carry out investigations and rectifications on scenic spot facilities, market order, and safe operations.

In 2023, the public security organs, together with industry authorities, investigated more than 35,000 safety hazards, rectified the discovered safety hazards and public security issues within a time limit, and promoted dynamic clearing.

　　The public security organs, together with the scenic area management departments, will further improve the emergency response plan, carry out safety inspections and order maintenance during the festival in advance, and promote the implementation of tourism security measures; strengthen on-site order maintenance on road sections and locations prone to "heavy passenger flow" and safety diversion work to prevent crowding, stampedes and other accidents.

In 2023, public security agencies across the country provided services and rescued more than 460,000 tourists, investigated and handled more than 25,000 travel-related conflicts and disputes, and effectively served the high-quality development of the tourism economy.

　　Public security agencies in various places pay close attention to important holidays such as the Spring Festival, May Day and National Day, and the peak summer tourism season, strengthen command and dispatch, and coordinate security work in tourist attractions in various places.

In response to the tourism chaos around the scenic area, the public security organs have severely cracked down on travel-related crimes such as cheating and extorting customers, fraudulent consumption, ticket reselling, etc., and have carried out supervision and inspections with relevant departments to continue to purify the market environment and ensure the safety of people's holiday travel.

In 2023, the public security organs investigated and handled more than 2,300 security cases and more than 140 criminal cases involving tourism.

　　The public security organs also focus on strengthening the response to safety risks in "wild" tourist attractions, pay close attention to risk issues such as frequent spontaneous dangerous activities by the masses, frequent safety accidents, and arouse social concern, conduct safety assessments in conjunction with relevant departments, issue risk warnings in a timely manner, and raise awareness among the public. Travel safety awareness.

　　In the next step, the public security organs will further intensify special crackdowns and rectification efforts, work with relevant departments to comprehensively investigate and rectify hidden safety risks in the scenic area, continue to maintain good order in the scenic area, and create a good public security environment for the people to travel safely and happily.

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