The Study for Solving Problems of Tourists’ Accommodations Incompatible with the Hotel Act. Of B.E. 2478

Abstract

As far as the legal aspects were concerned, the Hotel Act of B.E. 2478 in de facto did not facilitate or encourage business undertaking contribute much to the smaller than hotel. This had put such business persons fall under the illegal conditions indeliberately. This was quite different from Hotel Acts of the neighbouring countries such as Singapore, Japan, Spain and the Philippines where Hotel Acts covered a complete category of all tourist accommodations. Thus the Hotel Act of B.E. 2478 should be reenacted so as to enable guesthouse and bungalows to cater a higher standard service and to pay tax properly. As for suggestions to improve this small scale tourist accommodation business, this study recommended that the government should lend its hand in controlling, designing a layout for construction, determining materials used for construction and other important matters through a proper channel called a government Registrar. Interestingly enough, it was found that tourists, both Thais and foreigners had good views concerning guesthouses and bungalows in general which proved to be very standardized in comparison to joreign standard. And finally, the researchers consequently recommended standards of guesthouses and bungalows to be a basis for formulating minimum standards in detail by compromising views from both business persons and tourists.