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Taiwan proposes mandatory star rating for hotels
Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau is pushing for a mandatory star rating system for all hotels that market themselves to international visitors.
Liu Hsi-lin, deputy director-general of the Tourism Bureau wants to amend the Act for the Development of Tourism to require all properties seeking tourist hotel status to apply for a rating.
If the amendment is passed, any hotel that fails to meet the grade will not be able to operate as a tourist hotel.
The Tourism Bureau says there are 521 star-rated hotels in Taiwan, including 74 designated as tourist hotels.
There are a further 700 unrated, regular hotels which will be asked to join the star-rating system, and once granted, will then be permitted to operate legally as a tourist accommodation business.
The tightening of rules is to ensure transparency and better quality accommodations for all visitors, the Tourism Bureau said.
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