Formerly known as Zhejiang Tourism School , Tourism College of Zhejiang was established in 1983. After the approval from the provincial government in March, 2000 for its construction and official announcement of its establishment in January, 2003, the college passed the qualification evaluation sponsored by Zhejiang Educational Bureau in June the same year and therefore became the first tourism vocational school in the country and the only independent and public tourism school of high learning in the province. In November 2006, it successfully passed the working proficiency evaluation sponsored by the Education Ministry and became the first Excellent Tourism College in the country affiliated to Zhejiang Tourism Bureau.