154 tourism service providers fined
Over the recent 6-day holiday break, the Da Nang Market Management Bureau made inspection visits to 371 providers of tourism services in the city. 154 of them were fined a total of 547.3 million VND for unreasonably increasing the prices of their services, selling them at higher prices than displayed, and not ensuring the quality of the services.
The highest number of violations was reported in Son Tra District with 58, followed by 46 cases in Hai Chau District.
In addition, during the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2015 the Bureau received 3 complaints from visitors. In detail, a local hotel was reportedly forcing its customers to pay much higher than its displayed prices, and 2 tourist boat service providers who were selling tickets to enjoy the fireworks on board did not ensure the quality of their services as they had committed to do.
The municipal inter-disciplinary inspection team also imposed administrative fines on 5 local hotels and 2 travel companies after they had carried out checks on over 89 local tour and accommodation providers.