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Due to the Dragon Boat Festival holiday boom in Tainan, the city government intensifies investigations into driving up housing prices. 2024/06/04
The Tainan City Tourism Bureau, together with the Consumer Protection Officer, conducts inspections of the tourism and accommodation industry

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In order to welcome the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Tainan City holds Tainan City International Dragon Boat Championships, Tainan International Mango Festival, Tainan White River Lotus Season and other events, which are expected to attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to stay. Mayor Huang Weizhe specially instructed the Tourism Bureau in conjunction with The Consumer Protection Officer conducts inspections on hotels and resorts, strictly prohibits the hotel industry from taking the opportunity to raise housing prices, and requests the hotel and hotel industry to abide by the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act to avoid consumer disputes.

On May 31, the Municipal Tourism and Tourism Bureau, together with the Consumer Protection Officer, conducted an inspection of the hotel industry, conducting on-site inspections on whether the actual house price exceeded the approved house price, whether the refund of the booking deposit complied with the provisions of the standardized contract, and announced to the hotel operators again. Guide relevant consumer protection regulations. All the businesses interviewed cooperated with the inspection, and the consumer protection officer did not find any violation of regulations. Lin Guohua, director of the Tourism and Tourism Bureau, said that when applying for establishment registration, the hotel industry and B&Bs are required to declare room prices (i.e., approved room rates). According to the hotel industry management rules and B&B management measures, regardless of summer vacation, Lunar New Year or consecutive holidays, the room rate charged to tourists shall not exceed the approved room rate. If a hotel operator adopts the form of private accommodation, it should also pay attention to the private room price charged to tourists, which should not exceed the total of the approved room rates for each room. If the actual room charge exceeds the approved room rate, according to Article 55, Paragraph 3 of the Tourism Development Ordinance, a fine of not less than NT$10,000 but not more than NT$50,000 will be imposed. At the same time, the hotel brand and Tainan's tourism image will be severely damaged, so it is particularly Hotel and accommodation operators are reminded to abide by laws and regulations and not to lose more than they gain.

Many urban B&Bs in Tainan are located in alley communities. Director Lin Guohua specifically calls on hoteliers to fulfill their management responsibilities. They must stop opening singing audio-visual equipment (such as KTV, etc.) every night (22:00 to 8:00 the next day), and also ask tourists to During this period, please refrain from setting off firecrackers, making noise, and other behaviors that disturb public peace. We also remind hoteliers to clearly inform relevant regulations when booking and checking in, and to add relevant clauses to the accommodation instructions to restrict tourists, so as to jointly maintain peace in the neighborhood.

The Tourism Bureau reminds travelers that when choosing accommodation when traveling to Tainan, they must first check on the "Taiwan Travel and Accommodation Network" of the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications or the "Tainan Tourism Network" of the city government. Only by choosing legal hotels and B&Bs can they be guaranteed.

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