Myanmar cracks down on hotel rate hikes
The United Nations World Travel Organisation has urged Myanmar to take steps to control the impact of rapid tourism growth on the country.
Speaking at a workshop in Yangon, Xu Jing, UNWTO’s director for the Asia Pacific region, said industry leaders should not prioritise tourist arrivals alone and should instead focus on sustainable development.
He said there were three areas Myanmar should consider when trying to limit the impact of tourism: what sort of market Myanmar has or should have, what kind of supply the country has and how to meet the demand in a sustainable way.
This week Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is meeting with travel agents to discuss pricing issues following a recent warning to foreign-owned hotels to observe a new US$150 room rate cap for standard rooms.
The cap was put in place because of fears sky-rocketing prices were damaging the industry, Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Tint Hsan said.
The minister said the ministry would not recommend visa extensions for the general managers of hotels that failed to observe the limit, while lease extensions permitted under the foreign investment law could also be threatened.
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