Ahead of the Yeouido Fireworks Festival, five hotels were arrested for violating regulations - South Korea

The city of Seoul announced on the 7th that it had conducted an emergency inspection of rip-off hotel rates on the 5th and 6th ahead of the World Fireworks Festival to be held at Hangang Park in Yeouido. Yeondeungpo
Hotels along the Han River in Yeongdeungpo, Yongsan, and Mapo districts were targeted for inspection. Last month, the city of Seoul also notified hotels in its jurisdiction through the autonomous region of posting room rates and compliance obligations.
The government requested that the government refrain from excessively raising accommodation fees. In this inspection, we focused on checking the posting of each hotel's room price list, whether or not it was complied with, and unreasonable cancellations and refusals of refunds.
As a result of the inspection, five hotels were found to have violated regulations on displaying room rates, and the decision was made to notify the relevant autonomous regions of the obligation to display room rates and issue administrative sanctions requiring corrections.
According to the Enforcement Regulations of the Public Health Management Act, public health business operators (accommodation companies) must display a list of accommodation fees at their customer service tables, and must comply with the posted accommodation fees.
Violation of these obligations can result in a first order for improvement, a 5-day suspension of business for a second violation, a 10-day suspension of business for a third violation, and a closure of the business office for a fourth violation. The penalty is imprisonment for up to 6 months or 50
A fine of up to 00,000 won (approximately 552,970 yen) will be imposed. In preparation for rip-off charges during the Christmas holidays and the end of the year, Seoul has announced whether it is possible to post lodging prices and whether cancellations or refunds will be refused.
The plan is to continuously monitor whether or not the situation arises. If violations are repeatedly confirmed, the company plans to consider criminal charges.
The City of Seoul has unfairly canceled and paid for the event product.
Hotels that refuse to accept guests are also accepting reports through the Dasan Call Center 120 or the Seoul Smart Inconvenience Reporting App.
Kim Yong Hwan, director of Seoul's Tourism and Sports Bureau, said, ``Since September, the city has been carrying out intensive inspections for illegal activities in preparation for the busy tourism season.
I hope that the hotel industry will actively participate in establishing a healthy tourism order."