Hotels to charge current prices for SEA Games

Only a few hotels have fixed room rates while the rest will charge current prices during the upcoming Southeast Asian Games.

"The State will pay for the hotel fees of the athletes, invited guests and special guests. It will pay the fees on a fixed rate. We have already notified the hotel entrepreneurs,” said Kaung Htut, director of Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.

The government will pay the hotel fees for around 20 hotels in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay at a fixed rate of US$50 (Ks 49,100) per day during the SEA Games. However, there is no fixed rate for other local and foreign guests who come to watch the Games.

"There is no fixed rate. The guests will have to pay according to current price," said Mandalay Hotel Zone chairman Myint Zu.

"Hotels cannot charge more than US$50 for the athletes, coaches, and the special invited guests. There is no fixed rate for other guests so they will have to pay according to the current price," said Kyi Thein, general secretary of Myanmar Hoteliers Association.

Sporting events for the 27th SEA Games will be held in Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay, and Ngwe Saung Beach. Over 7,000 rooms and 114 hotels will be used for the Games – 1,194 rooms in Yangon, 442 rooms in Mandalay, 4145 rooms in Nay Pyi Taw, and 222 rooms in Ngwe Saung Beach.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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