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Hotels may not turn foreign guests away, though refusals continue

A joint directive of 24 May 2024 from three ministries bars hotels from refusing foreign guests for lack of a licence. Refusals are still reported, and on a mountain that runs on small family guesthouses the directive has not settled it on the ground.

A joint directive of 24 May 2024 bars hotels from refusing foreign guests for lack of a licence. Three bodies signed it:

  • Ministry of Public Security
  • Ministry of Commerce
  • National Immigration Administration

Refusals are still reported. Two years on, the directive has not settled it on the ground, and the smaller the property the less likely it is to have heard of it.

What a guesthouse can and cannot ask of a foreign passport is the subject of a longer piece in the editorial calendar. Until then, what a minsu is explains the registration that sits behind the refusals.

What this means for a visitor: Ask before you pay, and get it in writing. This mountain runs on minsu (民宿), small family run guesthouses, so put the question to the property rather than assuming the directive reached it.

Sources

  • BeyondBorder Group Ltd (BeyondBorder Group Ltd primary research, 1 to 5 August 2026), , our own desk research. Read the original

Tiers follow the site's source rules: the county portal, the scenic area's own channel and the statistics bureaus are the record; regional and trade press are dated fact; anything promotional is a tip until confirmed.

Last checked 8 August 2026 by Cyril Drouin. Prices, timetables and entry rules on this mountain move without notice, so confirm anything you are booking around.

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