{"id":14132,"date":"2024-05-29T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/?p=14132"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:00:32","slug":"china-ministries-call-for-all-hotels-to-accept-foreign-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/china-ministries-call-for-all-hotels-to-accept-foreign-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"China ministries call for all hotels to accept foreign guests \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid a series of efforts to tempt foreign travellers to visit China, three ministries have vowed to ask all hotels in China not to refuse foreign guests<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s an inconvenience that many foreigners in China have faced: booking a hotel only to find that the hotel can\u2019t (or won\u2019t) accommodate foreign guests. Usually the reasons given, as the Global Times puts it<\/a>, are that the hotel \u201cdoesn\u2019t have qualifications for receiving foreign guests\u201d, or the staff \u201cdon\u2019t know how to input information into the systems\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The Chinese government seems to have taken note of this, as on 24 May, three ministries \u2013 the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the Ministry of Commerce (MOCFOM), and the National Immigration Administration \u2013 released an official reply<\/a> to online complaints about the issue.<\/p>\n

The reply states that the ministries will work together to make targeted efforts to deal with the situation. For example, MOFCOM is already working with the China Hospitality Association on an initiative to make accommodation in China more convenient for foreign visitors, including expanding booking channels, training English-speaking staff, and offering telecommunications and catering services aimed at international audiences.<\/p>\n