Hotel Act concerns addressed by Thai Hotels Association due to government’s registration rules

The Thai Hotels Association (THA) has taken a positive step by welcoming the Ministry of Interior’s new regulations. These rules will now classify smaller accommodations that were operating before 2016 as hotels. This decision is expected to result in increased tax collection, providing additional income for the government.

However, the proposal to exempt larger accommodation facilities from registration under the Hotel Act has met with resistance from the association. Expressing the association’s stand, Udom Srimahachota, the vice president of THA’s western chapter, claimed that registration of new hotels would enhance competitiveness, particularly in tax matters, among two and three-star hotels and smaller accommodation units.

The shift came about on June 20 when the Interior Ministry announced that other kinds of establishments, not adhering…