TO ALLOW VOLUNTARILY REGISTER FOR RATING OF HOTELS
This is one of important contents prescribed at the Law on Tourism No. 09/2017/QH14 passed by the National Assembly on June 19, 2017, takes effect on January 01, 2018.
In particular, the Law allows organizations and individuals providing tourist accommodation services may voluntarily register for rating of their tourist accommodation establishments with competent state agencies. Hotels, tourist villas, tourist apartments and cruise ships shall be rated according to the national standard on rating of tourist accommodation establishments. Ratings of tourist accommodation establishments include 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star and 5-star.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism shall appraise and recognize 4- and 5-star tourist accommodation establishments; Provincial-level tourism agencies shall appraise and recognize 1-star, 2-star and 3-star tourist accommodation establishments.
Organizations and individuals providing tourist accommodation services have to use the word “star” or the star image to advertise the ratings of their tourist accommodation establishments only after the rating is recognized by a competent state agency.
Organizations and individuals providing tourist accommodation services whose tourist accommodation establishments’ ratings have been recognized have to hang the boards displaying the ratings of their tourist accommodation establishments and advertise their tourist accommodation establishments stating their types and recognized ratings; and maintain the quality of their tourist accommodation establishments in conformity with the types and recognized ratings.
A person practicing as a tour guide must possess a tour guide’s card and have signed a tour guiding contract with an enterprise providing travel services or having a document on assignment of tour guiding tasks under tour programs; or having been assigned by organizations or individuals managing tourist zones or tourist attractions, for on-spot tour guides. Each international tour guide’s card or domestic tour guide’s card is valid for 5 years.
This Law replaces the Law on Tourism No. 44/2015/QH11.
