Thank you for bringing this up bkil, as it raises a problem that I have noticed, but not discussed, myself.
At least in Australia, & possibly other places?, we have several classifications of hotel &/or motel. We have "International" hotels eg https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/australia/hyatt-regency-sydney/sydrs, which seems to be what the tourism=hotel page is based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dhotel & could be summed up as a very fancy (5 stars) & equally expensive! There are also small stand-alone, non-chain, hotels, these days more frequently found in country towns, rather than big cities: https://www.google.com/maps/@-31.8232674,149.7206542,3a,32.7y,95.34h,94.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPX92KCqkIigGi8pmvu3PwQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656. They are primarily there to serve drinks, so they meet the criteria of amenity=pub https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dpub, but by law, they must also serve food & provide accommodation. They are (frequently) very basic (<2 stars?) but also cheaper than motels, & are intended to provide overnight accommodation for travellers, but there is nothing to stop you staying there for a week. Should these be tagged as =hotel, or =pub? I must admit to committing the heinous crime of using both tags together - mark the building as =hotel, while also using a =pub node so that it renders as showing both accommodation & drinks - both of which are important to know! Country hotels (especially in remoter areas) also frequently allow camping out the back, so that would then add a =camp_site node! We then also have hotel-motels, which are a "pub" serving drinks & food, but with a (usually) separate block of motel units https://www.google.com/maps/@-28.2109504,152.8644547,3a,75y,298.07h,74.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR5ZpUFj4bVgKIYlQTRjF8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656. The rooms usually fall between a basic hotel & a dedicated motel for both quality & price. Should they be mapped as a =pub + =hotel, or +=motel? You then also have motels, which, as you say, are primarily intended for motorised travellers, may have a (frequently licensed ie may serve alcohol) restaurant attached, but won't include a bar. A lot of the points that Volker raised also apply though, in that they can be similar to larger hotels. One thing in particular though is the length of stay. There are really 2 types of motel - you have the motels that are located on the highway & are more intended for overnight stops only, but you also have motels in tourist destinations that are more commonly used for a week or more. Thanks Graeme On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 06:50, Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote: > 23 Dec 2018, 21:37 by [email protected]: > > Let's read the Wikipedia article together and then discuss the matter > further. > > Note that there are also other resources. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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