Phan Thiet restricts tourist arrivals

Becoming a red zone, Phan Thiet will limit tourist arrivals, except for a few previously approved places.

On November 9, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Thuan province said it had stopped approving the plan to welcome and serve guests of tourist facilities in the red zone area of ​​Phan Thiet until the epidemic was under control. , level down.

Currently, socio-economic activities in Phan Thiet City and Ham Thuan Bac district have been applied according to the red zone level since 0:00 on November 8, due to the recent continuous record of many new Covid-19 infections. Tourist facilities in the red zone will not be allowed to operate, apart from 20 establishments approved by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to welcome guests before 7/11.

Operating places are not allowed to welcome guests more than 50% of the room capacity, transport guests according to the principle of "1 route - 2 destinations" and ensure the closed-door process from the place of origin to the place of residence and vice versa. Resort guests are also not allowed to leave the property, can only operate on the premises during the holiday.

Saigon tourists to Mui Ne (Phan Thiet) on the day Binh Thuan tourism reopened, October 24. Photo: Viet Quoc

Phan Thiet tourism reopened on October 24, and so far has welcomed nearly 1,300 tourists to the resort after the epidemic in the southern provinces subsided.

By the evening of November 8, Binh Thuan had recorded 7,054 cases of Covid-19, of which the red area of ​​​​Phan Thiet accounted for the largest with 2,998 cases. This afternoon, this province recorded 279 new suspected cases, 148 in Phan Thiet alone.