Snow Town hotel is found fleecing guests

A guesthouse in Snow Town on the outskirts of Hailin, Heilongjiang province, has been punished by the local tourist authorities for overcharging customers.

The manager of the Zhaojiadayuan guesthouse has been fired 59,000 yuan ($9,100), "and the business will be suspended until the problem is solved", Liu Zhongcai, director of Dahailin Forestry Bureau's tourism department, told Beijing News on Wednesday.

The suspension comes after WeChat posts by a tourist who complained of being overcharged by the guesthouse and told to switch rooms began circulating online on Friday.