Nha Trang hotels warned not to hike rates

The Khanh Hoa Province people’s committee has warned hotels they will lose their licenses if they increase room rates unreasonably to take advantage of the travel rush from April 30.
The long holiday starts on Reunification Day, April 30, and goes on through Monday to compensate for May Day which falls on a Saturday, and Vietnamese are expected to travel in huge numbers.
All tourist accommodations have been ordered to report their room rates to officials and inform guests their rates before April 28.
Those caught raising the rates unreasonably or by 50 percent above the rates they register will be subjected to penalties ranging from fines to a cancelation of their license.
The central province has more than 400 hotels, resorts, and guest houses, almost all of them in Nha Trang, the coastal city which is home to one of the world’s most beautiful bays.
It has 20 hotels rated three-star and above with a combined 2,450 rooms.
The city attracted has around 500,000 visitors this year, with the tourism industry earning VND500 billion (US$26.47 million).