Classifications of Hotels in the Russian Federation

Abstract

Tourism development in the RF directly depends on the cost and quality of hotel services. These indicators are reflected in the hotel classification that appears to be ambiguous and unclear, which causes problems for its implementation in practice. The author enumerates the following problems of the legislative classification of hotels: lack of a uniform system of classification of all types of hotels, crudity of hotel classification procedure, and overestimated cost of the hotel classification procedure. The named weaknesses can be overcome provided a relevant normative legal act regulating hotel classification and determining various quality criteria for hotel services classification is passed.