In order to promote the integrated development of waterway passenger transport and tourism and improve the service quality of domestic waterway tourism passenger transport, the general office of the Ministry of transport recently issued the notice on carrying out the pilot work of building domestic waterway tourism passenger transport boutique routes (hereinafter referred to as the notice), deploying the pilot work of building domestic waterway tourism passenger transport boutique routes. According to the notice, it is planned to focus on creating high-quality routes in about two years according to four route types: urban landscape tour, natural landscape tour, characteristic culture tour and coastal sightseeing tour; Pilot projects will be carried out from five aspects: improving the quality of ships and facilities, improving the service quality of port passenger stations and stops, innovating waterway tourism service products, improving waterway tourism service quality, and improving the level of safe and green development. At the same time, all localities are encouraged to integrate the creation of domestic high-quality waterway tourism and passenger transport routes into the pilot work of building a transportation power. The circular points out that the pilot work is divided into three stages: start-up, implementation and summary and evaluation. Local transportation authorities should strengthen guidance. After the pilot work is completed, provincial transportation authorities should organize summary and evaluation of the pilot results to form replicable and popularized work experience, which will be announced to the public by the Ministry of transportation, And promote the comprehensive improvement of water tourism passenger transport service quality by formulating and revising relevant standards or guidelines. (outlook new era)