#Tourism Department team checks several city hotels for service delivery, tariffs

Some prominent hotels served notices, fined for exorbitant rates, other service deficiencies

SRINAGAR, MAY 14: Continuing with its efforts to check overpricing of tourism services by service providers, a team of officers of the Tourism Department today conducted checks of various hotels in the city to check the services and their pricing being offered to visitors.

During the checking, the team of officers inspected some prominent hotels in the city. The units were served notices under relevant clauses of J&K Registration of Tourist Trade Act for many of the deficiencies, including, unjustifiable tariff slabs and fines were slapped on spot.

It may be recalled that the Department, after receiving several complaints by tourists and locals of overcharging and other service deficiencies has constituted a Central Committee of officers to regulate the touris