A MEETING aimed at developing the travel business in Myanmar by raising the quality and service level of its hotels was held at Novotel Yangon Max Hotel yesterday afternoon.

Addressing the meeting, Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Ohn Maung said UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) and international experts are regularly invited to meetings like this to raise the quality and service level of hotels in Myanmar and to be on par with international standards. They were asked to suggest and comment if there were any quality and service level shortfalls of hotels in Myanmar. A new Myanmar Tourism Law was enacted on 17 September 2018. As per that law, Nay Pyi Taw Council, States and Regions were granted certain rights. The new law prescribed ways to conduct travel business matters easily and speedily. The ministry will also provide necessary policy and supports toward having a sustainable travel business and for human resources courses to be opened at required places for Human Resources development.

As the day’s meeting will discuss required quality matters for hotel businesses it will be a beneficial meeting, said the Union Minister.

Next, Myanmar Hotelier Association Chairman U Aung Myo Min Din spoke words of appreciation to the ministry for conducting the meeting and explained about the background of how the meeting came to be and future work processes.

Afterwards, Dr. Dimitris Koutoulas, an expert from World Travel Organization, discussed matters relating to raising the quality of hotels. The meeting was attended by officials from Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar Travel Association, Myanmar Hotelier Association and sister associations, and officials from hotels, motels and inns in Yangon Region. — MNA (Translated by Zaw Min)