Reflections from a mock citizen workshop,‘On the amendment of the Hotel Business Act’(1) : Results of providing information and discussion on infectious disease control measures

This paper (first report)describes the implementation plan and an overview of the results of a mock citizen workshop, ‘On the amendment of the Hotel Business Act,' held from October to December 2023. This workshop aims to examine what changes would occur in the content of the opinion exchange and participants’ awareness if we provided information regarding infectious disease control measures by stages before the small-group discussions. We will summarize the implications of the results of this workshop in the second report.