The purpose of this Act is to secure the proper operation of private lodging businesses, private lodging management businesses, and private lodging intermediary businesses by persons running them, and to facilitate the visits and stays of domestic and foreign tourists while fulfilling their need for lodging in a proper manner, thereby contributing to the stabilization and improvement of the lives of the people and the development of the national economy, through taking measures for establishing a notification system for persons running private lodging businesses and a registration system for persons running private lodging management businesses and private lodging intermediary businesses, in view of the situation surrounding tourists' lodging in Japan.