China Travel Service

{{short description|Chinese state-owned travel agency}}

{{Enus|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox company

| name = China Tourism Group Corporation Limited

| logo = China Tourism Group.png

| image = China Tourism Group Building (20220908154825).jpg

| image_caption = Building in Beijing

| trading_name = China Travel Service

| native_name = {{lang|zh-Hans|中国旅游集团}}

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{ubl||{{SSE|601888}}}}

| founded = October 1985

| hq_location =

| hq_location_city = Haikou, Hainan

| hq_location_country = China

| subsid = China Travel International Investment Hong Kong

| website = {{url|https://www.ctg.cn|ctg.cn}}

}}

China Travel Service, also known as China Tourism Group Corporation Limited,{{Cite web |title=About Us – China Tourism Group |url=https://www.ctg.cn/en/about |access-date=2024-03-27}} (CTG; {{zh|c=|s=中国旅游集团|labels=no}}) is a state-owned tourism company headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China.

The corporation was established on 19 November 1949 with the goal of marketing China to the rest of the world and promoting tourism. It is a subordinate agency to the National Tourism Administration and a parent organization of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatravelservice.com/|title=China Travel. China Tours. Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Silkroad. China Travel Services. CTS.|website=www.chinatravelservice.com}}

{{Chinese

| order = st

| s = 中国旅行社总社

| t = 中國旅行社總社

| p = Zhōngguó Lǚxíngshè Zǒngshè

| w = Chung-kuo Lü-hsing-she Tsung-she

}}

Controversies

During the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, China Travel Service reportedly leaked protestors' personal information to HKLeaks, a doxxing website that targeted supporters of the protest movement.{{cite journal |last1=Fittarelli |first1=Alberto |title=Beautiful Bauhinia: "HKLeaks" – The Use of Covert and Overt Online Harassment Tactics to Repress 2019 Hong Kong Protests - The Citizen Lab |url=https://citizenlab.ca/2023/07/hkleaks-covert-and-overt-online-harassment-tactics-to-repress-the-2019-hong-kong-protests/ |website=Citizen Lab |date=13 July 2023 |access-date=6 August 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Lam |first1=Oiwan |title=A forensic investigation finds a site that doxxes Hong Kong activists and journalists is likely backed by Beijing |date=18 July 2023 |url=https://advox.globalvoices.org/2023/07/18/a-forensic-investigation-finds-a-site-that-doxxes-hong-kong-activists-and-journalists-is-likely-backed-by-beijing/ |publisher=GlobalVoices |access-date=6 August 2023}}

See also

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