Parking: A lot of bother<\/p>\n
From Neraca<\/p>\n
Hotels provide parking facilities to their guests and
\nvisitors. There used to be no charge for parking. Later on,
\nparking fees became necessary to finance the orderliness,
\nsupervision and comfort of the lots.<\/p>\n
Therefore, Gubernatorial Decree No.1598\/1999 on Parking Fees
\nat Public Parking Facilities in the Jakarta region, also
\napplicable to hotels, should be adhered to, provided it is not
\nlegally flawed.<\/p>\n
Hotel parking is either managed by the hotel itself or by an
\noutside company. In either case, its contribution to a hotel's
\nrevenue is very small, below 1 percent of its total revenue.<\/p>\n
Therefore, a parking fee of Rp 1,000 for the first hour and Rp
\n1,000 for each of the following hours will have no great impact
\non a hotel's revenue.<\/p>\n
It is more important for hotels to step up the service and
\ncomfort of parking for its guests, who bring in money by paying
\nfor rooms, food and beverages, telephone calls, faxes and other
\nfacilities in the hotel. Thus, the hotel is enabled by its total
\nrevenue to meet its obligations to its employees, suppliers,
\nhotel owners and to pay its debts.<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Administration should not be trying to close down
\nhotels. Hotels and restaurants bring in a large amount of hotel
\nand restaurant taxes, entertainment taxes and advertising taxes.
\nIn the 2000 regional budget the tax target from the hotel and
\nrestaurant sector is Rp 250 billion, with entertainment tax at Rp
\n25 billion and advertising tax at Rp 52 billion. If hotels are
\nclosed down, where would the Jakarta Administration find a
\nreplacement for this tax revenue?<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Administration needs to consider the basic rates
\nset by state electricity company PLN in April 2000. Peak (6pm-10
\npm) and off-peak rates (10 p.m.- 6 p.m.) have increased by 59.03
\npercent. The Jakarta Administration with its 3 percent tax on
\nstreet lighting has also enjoyed the rate increase.<\/p>\n
Hotels unable to increase their revenue from the tourism
\nsector will object to paying for PLN's power, accounting for 75
\npercent of their energy costs. Room occupancy rates average 40
\npercent. Jakarta has a total of 26,195 hotel rooms, both star-
\nrated and nonstar-rated. With 40 percent occupancy, there are
\nstill 15,717 rooms unoccupied every night.<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Administration should help in solving the problems
\nfaced by hotels at present.<\/p>\n
DIYAK MULAHELA<\/p>\n
Chairman<\/p>\n
Association of Hotel<\/p>\n
Controllers<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/parking-a-lot-of-bother-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }