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Govt to Draft New Hotel Rating System
01/05/2019
AUTHOR: SWE LEI MON
The government will collaborate with local and foreign associations to draft a new framework for rating local hotels. According to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, the rating system is being built with the goal to attract more tourists.
“As a first step, the government has already formed a group with local associations to draft a star rating framework for hotels, the group will be chaired by the Myanmar Hotelier Association with members from Myanmar Tourism Federation, Foreign Investment Hotels Association and Myanmar Market Development Association, and with World Travel Organization,” said U Myo Win Nyunt, Director of Hotels and Tourism Supervising Department.
“Now, the group that is drafting the framework will visit hotels in Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle, Ngapali and Kaw Thoung to develop an appropriate benchmark the rate the hotels by, then they will submit the proposed framework to the ministry for approval”, he added.
Experts believe that having a new rating system will encourage hotels in Myanmar to pay more attention to the services they provide, this will raise the standard and quality of the local hotel industry.
Associations and hoteliers are now discussing the new rating program based on a star system, under which guests can rate the respective hotels.
“In late 2012, the Myanmar government stopped the star rating system based on the standards adopted in 2011, the reason being that the standards where assumed irrelevant for Myanmar. New star-based rating system for hotels in Myanmar will be based on regional requirements and will be compatible with the country’s present situation”, said U Myo Win Nyunt.
There are around 1,200 hotels out of more than 1,700 establishments providing accommodation to guests across Myanmar, according to the ministry’s data.
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