Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has licensed the activity of 79 hotels and hotel-type facilities. There are 304 authorized hotels, including 134 in Baku, the ministry said.
According to the State Statistics Committee, at the beginning of this year, there were 530 facilities for receiving guests. Thus, only about 57% of them act on a legal basis. The remaining more than 200 hotels do not have a license.
According to the International Labor Conference, currently under construction are about 40 hotels.
Licensing of hotel business in Azerbaijan began in 2006. The cost of the license, which is provided for five years, is 1,500 manat, regardless of capacity and location. In addition, there is a national standard AZS 081-2006 Travel, Excursion and Services, Classification of Hotels, according to which the Ministry every three years carries out their certification, awarding from 1 to 5 stars to them. --08B--
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