Is it illegal to stay at an Airbnb place in Myanmar as a non-Burmese citizen, and if so, who gets punished (lessor or lessee) and what's the penalty?

12/30/2020 4:24:32 AM

From: consult-myanmar.com

"By-laws written for Myanmar’s 1947 Immigration Act stipulate that foreign visitors on a tourist visa must stay in hotels, he said.

Only permanent residents and foreigners holding business visas are allowed to rent apartments or houses within wards – an administrative sub-division of cities – said U Zaw Aye Maung."

As to the penalty, it appears they are serious:

"tourists could face deportation"

and

"owners who rent rooms to foreign guests without a licence can be jailed for three years"

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