SHARING ECONOMY? The Tourism Bureau has proposed raising the fine for illegal hotel and B&B operators, many of whom advertise on online platforms such as Airbnb
Taipei Times
Date: May 02, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Lawmakers yesterday urged the Tourism Bureau to step up its crackdown on operators of
Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Chi Wen-jong speaks at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
illegal daily room rentals, including those posted on the popular online platform Airbnb.
The legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday reviewed amendments to the Act for the Development of Tourism (發展觀光條例) proposed by the bureau and lawmakers.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) and Chen Su-yueh (陳素月) focused their questions on the bureau’s proposed amendments to Article 55 to Article 55-1 of the act, which would impose harsher penalties on illegal hotel and bed and breakfast operators.
These include a fine of up to NT$2 million (US$64,714) and repeated fines if the illegal act persists. [FULL STORY]
