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Phuket checks two unlicensed hotels after pushing to ease licence rules
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Phuket officials have inspected two properties in Patong and Ratsada over rooms let by the day without a hotel licence, two days after the province asked the government to make those licences easier to obtain.
Key facts
- Deputy Governor Romdon Hajiawae led the inspections on Wednesday, October 21, with Mueang Phuket district chief Siwat Rawangkul, administrative officers from Mueang Phuket and Kathu districts, police and other agencies.
- Phuket officials have inspected two properties in Patong and Ratsada over rooms let by the day without a hotel licence, two days after the province asked the government to make those licences easier to obtain.
- Letting rooms by the day as a business without a licence is an offence under Section 15 of the Hotel Act of 2004, which carries a fine and a possible prison term.
- The inspections came two days after Romdon put a set of licensing proposals to an anti-corruption meeting at Government House in Bangkok on October 19.
Summary
Deputy Governor Romdon Hajiawae led the inspections on Wednesday, October 21, with Mueang Phuket district chief Siwat Rawangkul, administrative officers from Mueang Phuket and Kathu districts, police and other agencies.
The provincial administration said both premises were being used for purposes their building permits did not allow, and that neither held a hotel licence.