With less than two weeks to go before the first tourist group from the Chinese mainland sets out for Taiwan, the mainland-based Cross-Strait Tourism Association has published three regulations on the new policy.

Our reporter Dan Dan has the details.

According to the regulations, mainland travel agencies accredited by the Cross-Strait Tourism Association must report mainland tourists' names to the relevant authorities for record-keeping purposes.

Agencies should not engage in economic, cultural or any other cross-straits exchanges in the name of traveling in Taiwan. Traveling on the island should not involve gambling, pornography, drugs, or any other activities that could hamper mainland-Taiwan ties.

Tourist groups must be led by guides who have passed training and are accredited by the Cross-Strait Tourism Association.

While authorities issued regulations to better manage mainland tourists' travel in Taiwan, representatives from 33 mainland travel agencies are busy reviewing hotels on the island.

"We'll arrange hotels for our clients according to their different requests. Therefore, we've asked to review hotels at three different levels."

A staff member of a local hotel says Taiwan hotels are fully prepared for tourists from the mainland.

"Our hotel has prepared different menus and altered accommodations so they are tailored to the unique habits of tourists from different provinces in the mainland."

In addition to hotels, the delegation of mainland travel agencies has also focused on inspecting transport, service of shopping centers and major tourist sites.

Representatives of the delegation say overall, they feel very good about what they've discovered.

Dan Dan, CRI News.