Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has just issued criteria for assessing the level of safety for tourism activities, including assessments applicable to the operations of accommodation establishments and businesses.
For accommodation facility operations, 100% of employees in guest contact departments and people outside the facility must have received 2 doses of vaccine, within 14 days from the last injection, or have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Guests over 18 years old must have received 2 complete vaccinations and 14 days have passed since the last vaccination or have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection (confirmed).
Visitors take a closed tour in Cu Chi district on September 19.
In addition, employees, visitors and guests must wear masks during working hours, must have their temperature taken before entering the accommodation facility, and encourage daily temperature measurement of guests.
Accommodation for guests of 2 or more people/room for guests in a family or with the same epidemiological factors.
Accommodation facilities only serve food and drink in the form of takeout for non-resident guests and in-room dining for resident guests.
Accommodation facilities need at least one isolation room and one waiting room according to health sector regulations, equipped with some spare personal protective equipment (at least 3 sets) for staff to use when needed.
Canoe service takes visitors to Can Gio mangrove forest in July 2020.
For the activities of travel businesses, in addition to similar requirements for workers and tourists, destinations in the tourism program must be in green zones and eligible to operate according to safety criteria.
The number of guests in each program must comply with the regulations of the City Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention and Control on the number of people gathering in public places.
The enterprise has a hotline, assigns personnel to be the focal point for customer support information, and has a list and information of the nearest medical units to support and handle situations when needed.
For outdoor tourist attractions, the number of visitors must not exceed 30% of capacity, complying with requirements on workers, visitors and epidemic prevention and control rules.
Tourist accommodation establishments and units must proactively evaluate safety criteria in Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, achieve all 10 component criteria and commit to maintaining safe conditions in order to
Ho Chi Minh City has experienced more than 100 days of social distancing at many levels since May 31, including 22 days of tightening according to the principle of `whoever stays where they are`.