Yangon Region Directorate of Hotels and Tourism will start provide online service for administrative procedures

Yangon Region Directorate of Hotels and Tourism temporarily shut down its office, yet it will provide online service for managerial procedures, the department stated.
In a bid to contain the surging coronavirus cases, only the staff were allowed in the Yangon Region government office compound starting from 14 September. The current coronavirus resurgences in the region led the department to go digital platform to facilitate those work matters, including business licence, the extension of permit and changing the business name and the company’s principal place.
Therefore, those who want to contact the regional directorate can contact through mail address yangon@tourism.gov.mm and in-person contact will be informed later, notified the directorate. The regional tourism committee, at the meeting held in Yangon Region government office compound on 3 September, issued licences to one hotel and three guesthouses, with a total of 2,360 rooms; and construction permits have been granted for two hotels, with an estimated capital of K9.353 billion.
Myanmar citizens did those businesses, and the projects created 53 jobs.
Additionally, the regional tourism committee this year has granted licences to 20 hotels with 1,495 rooms and three guesthouses, while construction permits have been granted for 14 hotels and three guesthouses. Meanwhile, the committee has issued licenses to 213 inbound and outbound tours.
The total capital for hotels and guesthouses is estimated at K80.95 billion and US$38.865 million, with $11.665 million invested by foreign companies, $5.5 million by joint ventures, and K80.65 billion by domestic companies. The projects have created a total of 1,273 jobs.

(The Global New Light of Myanmar: https://www.gnlm.com.mm/yangon-region-directorate-of-hotels-and-tourism-goes-online-for-administrative-procedures/ )

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