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Order for Licensing of Hotel and Lodging House Business

1 Hotel
- not less than 20 rooms or 40 beds
2 Lodging House
- not less than 10 rooms or 20 beds
3 Any person applying for license (Requirement)
(a) either be an owner or a lessee of a building suitable for use as hotel
(b) the location and premises of building shall be suitable for nature of business
the building must be registered at the township municipality concerned
4 The tenure of Business license
- 2 years from date of issue
5 Any person applying for license (License Fee)
(a) Hotel Business (local)
20 rooms hotel
500,000 ks
21 to 50 rooms hotel
900,000 ks
51 to 100 rooms hotel
- 1,400,000 ks
101 and above rooms hotel
- 1,900,000 ks
(b) Hotel Business (Foreign/ Joint Venture)
50 rooms hotel
5,000 US$/FEC
51 to 100 rooms hotel
7,000 US$/FEC
101 and above rooms hotel
9,000 US$/FEC
Lodging house Business
20 rooms lodging house
200,000 ks
21 to 50 rooms lodging house
250,000 ks
51 to 100 rooms lodging house
300,000 ks
6 For reapplying of license for name change, owner, damaged or lost, same payment
For increasing room
100,000 ks
7 For renewal/reapplying (Foreign/JV)
2,000 US$/FEC
8 If renew, not earlier than 60 days or not later than 30 days before expiry
If apply after expiry, shall pay due fines per late day as follows.
Hotel (local)
4,000 ks
Hotel (foreign/JV)
25 US$/FEC
Lodging House
4,000 ks

The Minimum Standard Requirements for Hotel Business

(a) Location and Building
(1) Location of the hotel must be suitable for hotel business and the environment
must be healthy and hygienic
(2) Shall be suitable placed to do Hotel business and it is avoided the Religious
Building, Market , School
(3) The building must be in the safety condition ad separate with its own staircase
(4) Furnitures and equipments fittings of hotel must be safe, hygienic and maintain
in good condition
(5) Electric fan or air conditioner or heater and blanket etc must be arranged
according to the climate of the place
(6) The hotel must be adequately lit and ventilated
(b) Lobby and Reception Counter
(1) Must have the reception counter for guest registration
(2) Must have the reception who is able to deal with tourists and foreign visitors
at reception counter
(3) In order to help visitors shall provide helper or Concierge Desk (Bell Boy)
(4) Must have the lobby in proportion to the number of room guests
(5) Must arrange for good local and external communications
(6) Shall provide newspaper and Journals for guests
(7) Shall provide Post box used by of visitors qand shall arrange to buy stamps
(8) Must have the public toilet
Bedroom
(1) A hotel must contain at least 20 bedrooms
(2) All bedrooms must have the minimum dimensions as below
Single room - 10 ft (L) x 10 ft (B) x 9 ft (H)
Double room - 12 ft (L) x 12 ft (B) x 9 ft (H)
(3) All bedrooms must be adequately lit and ventilated
(4) All bedrooms must be built to ensure privacy and safety
(5) All bedrooms must be kept free from mosquitoes, flies and insects
(6) Electric fan or air conditioner or heater and blanket etc must be arranged
according to the climate of the place
(7) All bedrooms must be contained with refrigerator, mini bar, cloths dried stand,
desk and another furnitures
(8) All bedrooms must be fitted with double lock inside and outside of the bedroom
(9) All bedrooms must be furnished with beds, beddings and other facilities
(10) Bedroom passageaway must be fitted with lighting
(11) All beds must conform to the following measurements
Single bed - 6.5 ft (L) x 3.5 ft (B) x 1.5 ft (H)
Double - 6.5 ft (L) x 5.5 ft (B) x 1.5 ft (H)

(12) All bedrooms must be fitted with curtain, lace curtains and all beds must be
fitted with clean mosquito net, mattress, bedsheet, blanked, top sheet, pillow
(13) Bedroom linen must be kept clean and hygienic and the linen must be changed
for every new guest
(14) A system to be devised for the guest to communicate from bedroom
(15) Shall mention Menu & Beverage in mini bar with card or book from hotel
(16) Shall have Guide book, hotel directory and tourist sites
(17) Shall have Telephone directory to be devised to connect with public
(18)Shall have the Laundy service and a steam iron and ironing board for guests
(19) Shall have the Room services such as order fook and other facilities
(20) Shall include bathroom with toilet in each bedroom
(d) Bathroom and Toilet
(1) Measurement is at least 6 ft (L) x 6 ft (B) or 7 ft (L) x 5 ft (B) and 9 ft ( H)
(2) A bathroom must be hygienic and adequately lite and ventilated
(3) Shall have high grade flooring and neat and clean
(4) Shall have toilet, a hand basin, mirror, shower and bath tub
(5) Shall have face-towel, body towel and bath-mat
(6) Shall have bath room facilities such as soap, water-closer paper
(7) Shall have water purified system and hot water/ cold water
(e) Toilet
(1) Shall have water closet at lobby room, dining room, hall room and measurement
is length 6 ft and breadth 6 ft
(2) A toilet must be hygienic and adequately lit and ventilated
(3) A commonde in the toilet must be of Westen type
(4) Shall provide sufficient water at latrine
(5)Shall provide soap, hand washing basin and tissue paper etc
(f) Hotel Restaurant and Hotel Dining Room
(1) At least breakfast must be provided for the room guest
(2) Food and beverage provided must be fresh, clean and hygienic
(3) Restaurant and Dining Room must be kept clean and hygienic and provide the
protective system from mosquito, fly and any insects
(4) Cutlery, crockery equipments and linen of the restaurant must be kept clean
and hygienic
(5) Must be kept dish list and special dish menu as per daily on table
(6) Dining room and kitchen must be separate
(g) Kitchen
(1) Arrangements must be made to kept the kitchen clean, hygienic, adequately lit
and ventilated and to protect from insects and free from bad smell

(2) Food and beverage provided must be fresh, clean and hygienic
(3) Kitchen equipement, crockery and cutlery of the restaurant must be clean
(4) A system must be made to provide a sufficient supply of hot and cold water
(5) Areas for cooking place, washing dishes and for food must be placed separately
(6) A system must be made for disposal of leftover food rubbish
(7) There must be adequate store room and refrigerator connected with kitchen
(8) Finished foods must be stored as warmer for fresh and not poison
(h) Staff
(1) Shall only employ healthy staffs free from contagious diseases
(2) Shall provide skillful staffs who were trained at relevant hotel business training
classes as per business sector
(3) All employees must wear prescribed uniforms and be meat and tidy
(4) Regular medical check up for the employees must be arranged for prevention
of diseases
(5) First-aid box must be kept for emergency use of guest and employee
(i) Services
(1) Shall set services for car rental and booking car tickets and air tickets etc
(2) Shall set email, internet and modernized communication system
(3) Shall set health care service, suitable sports methods and supporting materials
(j) Security and fire prevention Arrangements
(1) Shall provide arrangement for security of guests and their properties
(2) Shall arrange fire preventive planning in accordance with stipulations of relevant
departments
(3) Shall rehearse trainings for fire security services
(4) If the building is over 3 storeyed shall install emergency exit. The emergency
stair must be strond for use actually
(5) Shall arrange prevention and security of worksite for staffs

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Myanmar Hotel and Tourism Law

Licence means a permit issued by the Directorate to operate any hotel and tourism
The Ministry(a) in respect of an application by a person of operation hotel or lodging house
whether or not it is in conformity with the objectives of this law
whether or not it is contributory to future projects
whether or not it is proportionate to the capacity of service of the area where the
business is to be operated
(b) May permit, cause to be altered or refuse the project proposal after scrutiny
A person who has obtained the permission of the Ministry shall apply to the
Directorate for licence
A Licence holder(a) shall operate only the business permitted in the licence
(b) shall pay the licence fee and duties and taxes relating to the hotel and tourism
in Myanmar currency of foreign currency
shall abide by the conditions of the licence
(d) shall allow inspection by the hotel and tourism
(e) shall send the accounts and records prescribed y the Directorate
(f) shall the tenure of the licence has expired and if there is the desire to continue
to operate the business apply for extension of the tenure of the license
(g) shall abide by the orders and directives issued from time to time by Directorate
A Licence holder(a) If there is a change of manger, he shall inform the Directorate
(b) If there is a chang e of address, he shall inform the Directorate
If he dies before the expiry, his legal representative shall apply to Directorate
Revocation, cancellation and Invalidation of Licence
If the licence holder commits any of the following acts,
(a) violation of any conditions of the licence
(b) transferring the business without the permission of the Directorate
sale of the licence
The licence is invalidated when any of following events occur
(a) expiry of the tenure of the licence
(b) revocation of the licence, subject to a time limit
cancellation of the licence
(d) surrender of the licence by the licence holder
Prohibitions
No one shall operate any hotel and tourism without a licence issued
A licence holder shall not transfer or sell the business without the permission
A licence holder
(a) shall note violate any condition of the licence
(b) shall not violate any duty contained
shall not violate any prohibition

9 Offences and Penalties

(a) Whoever violates prohibition 1 shall be punished with imprisonment to 3 years
or with fine which may extend to 50,000 kyats or with both
(b) If a person who has been convicted continues to violate prohibition 1, he shall be
punished with a fine 5,000 kyats for each day of period
If a licence holder violates prohibition 2 , he shall be punished with fine 50,000 ks
(d) If a licence holder violates prohibition 3 , he shall be punished with fine 5,000 ks

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