Hospitality Facilities Regulations [En]
Art. 27Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Ministry of Tourism (mt.gov.sa)
The licensee shall immediately provide the tourist with an
alternative unit at a nearby location and of the same type,
category or class of the original tourist accommodation facility
or higher, or refund to the tourist the amount paid for the night
in which the service was interrupted and the remaining period
of the reservation, in the following cases:
b.
Evacuation of the tourist accommodation facility on the
ground of imminent risks to public health or safety;
c.
Interruption in the main services, such as electricity, water
and the like, for more than two hours;
d.
Implementation of a penalty decision issued by the
Ministry entailing closure of the facility, or a judicial ruling
ordering evacuation thereof;
The licensee shall provide the tourist with an alternative unit
at a nearby location and of an equivalent type, category or
class of the original tourist accommodation facility or higher,
or refund to the tourist the amounts he paid in the event that
the tourist is present at the facility but is unable check into the
unit he booked for two hours.
The licensee shall, upon the issuance of an amended
classification certificate for the tourist accommodation
facility with a lower category or class, inform the tourist of
this amendment and of his right to request cancellation of
the reservation or the remaining period thereof. If the tourist
requests cancellation, he shall be refunded the amount paid
for the reservation or the remaining period thereof.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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