Keelung City launches hostel peace of mind and epidemic prevention to construct a peace of mind accommodation environment

Keelung City launches hostel peace of mind and epidemic prevention to construct a peace of mind accommodation environment

Keelung City-through tax cuts, subsidies, counseling and other measures to help hostel operators through the industrial downturn and build a safe and secure accommodation environment in Keelung.

According to the measures of the Ministry of Finance for taxpayers to apply for postponement or payment of taxes by instalments, the relevant tax reduction measures for the hotel industry will be formulated, and the notification and active guidance mechanism will be established by the Keelung Tourism and Urban Marketing Department. if the business area of hotels and hotel operators is reduced or the floor is suspended due to the pneumonia epidemic, the housing tax rate will be reduced from 3% to 2% to help Keelung hostel operators tide over the industry downturn.

In order to encourage legal lodgers in all counties and cities to join the ranks of "epidemic prevention accommodation", the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications has rewarded all counties and cities with legal epidemic prevention accommodation for those who stay in home quarantine, at a rate of NT $1000 per room from April 1 onwards. After being approved by the counties and cities under their jurisdiction, legal hostels can become safe and epidemic prevention hostels, and should abide by the relevant regulations of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications, counties and cities, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. In addition, the city government provides a quota subsidy for those who need home isolation or home quarantine to stay in Keelung City's "peace of mind and care hostel". Qualified hotel operators can apply to the municipal government with relevant documents for a subsidy of NT $5000 per room for 14 nights, with a view to achieving substantial benefits by directly subsidizing hotel operators, and the relevant measures will be announced in the near future.

In addition, in order to increase the energy and contingency capacity of epidemic prevention hotels in Keelung, the city government is actively cooperating with the central policy to provide epidemic prevention accommodation counseling measures, including epidemic prevention hotel counseling, environmental safety disinfection, and the purchase of epidemic prevention equipment. It is hoped that through the promotion of epidemic prevention information, the public and operators will have a better understanding of the implementation of epidemic prevention hotels.

▲ Keelung City launches hostel peace of mind and epidemic prevention to build a peace of mind hostel environment