To date, 150 hotels in Azerbaijan have applied for the "star" classification, which has been successfully applied for two years, Chairman of the State Tourism Agency Fuad Naghiyev said on December 7 at the V Assembly of the Azerbaijan Hotel Association in Baku, Trend reports.
"The classification of about 100 hotels has been completed, as a result of which 44 of them received the appropriate certificates," he said.
Noting that a very small number of hotels qualify, he said that most hotels will need to be re-audited or re-apply.
Nagiyev noted that an increase in the number of hotels with a "star" qualification will stimulate healthy competition, which will ultimately give impetus to the development of the hotel industry.
