The Tourism Agency and the Competition Council have signed a two-year agreement of cooperation in the hotel sector in a move to identify the problems encountered in the field and to contribute to their solving. The signatories also aim to stage workshops, roundtable and joint meetings to propose amending the legislation regulating the hotel sector, IPN reports.

“We received requests from foreign investors that want to set up new accommodation facilities and they often inquiry about the classification, rules of the game and how the activity of other such facilities is monitored,” said the Tourism Agency’s director Stanislav Rusu.

Viorica Carare, head of the Competition Council, stated that the institution she manages aims to restore the competition environment in the area of hotel services where problems related to the mutual disadvantaging of business entries are faced. “If someone invests money in order to obtain authorization, stars and meet the standards, the rival that does not invest but attracts clients by placing the same number of stars dishonestly obtains an advantage. This is unfair competition,” she said.

In the signing event, the participants discussed the activity of hotels in Moldova, including unfair competition and the illegal activities of rivals that steal clients.