Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Temporarily not resuming inbound and outbound group tours and "air ticket + hotel" business of travel agencies

 Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA



On 21 October 2020, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a notice on further strengthening the prevention and control of the autumn and winter epidemics. The notice pointed out that in order to further implement the requirements of the guidelines on epidemic prevention and control measures for tourism enterprises, strengthen supervision and guidance of tourism enterprises that have resumed operating activities, and focus on urging A-level tourist attractions, star hotels, travel agencies, etc. to improve normalized epidemic prevention and control measures, temporarily The inbound and outbound team travel and "air ticket + hotel" business of travel agencies and online travel companies will not be resumed. All localities should move forward on the prevention and control of the epidemic, strictly enforce the work norms, strengthen personnel health monitoring and management, and do a good job in ventilation, cleaning and disinfection, and crowd control. The notice is as follows:

At present, the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic is still spreading globally. In the future, especially in autumn and winter, the risk of sporadic cases and local outbreaks still exists. In order to further improve the prevention and control of the epidemic in the tourism industry in autumn and winter, the relevant work is hereby notified as follows:

1. Improve political positions

Local cultural and tourism administrative departments must thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on epidemic prevention and control, and implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. They must always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control. We must make persistent efforts to do a good job of external defense input and internal defense rebound, and adhere to the organic combination of normalized precision prevention and control and local emergency response. We must not let the hard-won epidemic prevention and control results be abandoned. All localities must uphold the people's supremacy and life supreme, earnestly summarize this year's normalized epidemic prevention and control work experience and practices, and coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and the resumption of production and production of the tourism industry.

2. Implement prevention and control measures

Local cultural and tourism administrative departments must adhere to the principle of zoning and grading in response to the prone to repeated fall and winter epidemics, further implement the guidelines for epidemic prevention and control measures for tourism companies, strengthen supervision and guidance of tourism companies that have resumed business activities, and focus on the A level We have perfected normalized epidemic prevention and control measures in tourist attractions, star-rated hotels, and travel agencies, and will not resume inbound and outbound team tours and "air tickets + hotels" services for travel agencies and online tourism companies. All localities should move forward on the prevention and control of the epidemic, strictly enforce the work norms, strengthen personnel health monitoring and management, and do a good job in ventilation, cleaning and disinfection, and crowd control.

3. Improve emergency response

Local cultural and tourism administrative departments must adhere to the bottom line thinking, formulate and improve local emergency response plans for epidemic prevention and control, clarify emergency measures and procedures for epidemic prevention and control, and prefer to prepare instead of using it. In accordance with the principle of territorial management, improve the departmental linkage mechanism, improve emergency response capabilities, strengthen communication and coordination with health, disease control and other departments, and if suspected symptoms are found in tourism business sites, they should be temporarily isolated and the local health, Disposal by the disease control department. It is necessary to strengthen the drill work of the emergency plan to ensure that the emergency working mechanism operates smoothly. Once an epidemic is detected, it can be quickly started and efficiently dealt with, and the handling of the epidemic should be controlled within a reasonable range.

4. Strengthen publicity and training

Local cultural and tourism administrative departments, industry associations, and tourism companies should further strengthen epidemic prevention and control training, increase the importance of the entire industry on epidemic prevention and control, and require all relevant personnel to master the requirements of the epidemic prevention and control system and prevention and control measures guide. Strictly regulate operations in all fields, positions and links to ensure that all measures are in place. It is necessary to promptly publish the epidemic prevention and control guidelines for tourism enterprises through official websites, third-party platforms, notification signs, broadcasts, electronic display screens, etc., and require front-line practitioners to do a good job in publicizing tourists, and guide tourists to increase their awareness of protection and master protection knowledge. Comply with safety warning regulations and actively cooperate with prevention and control work.

5. Strengthen the implementation of responsibilities

Local cultural and tourism administrative departments should strengthen organization and leadership under the unified leadership of local party committees and governments, and implement the division of responsibilities for epidemic prevention and control. Establish a supervision mechanism, and when necessary, send working groups to key regions and key tourism companies to effectively strengthen the epidemic prevention and control work in the tourism industry to ensure that various epidemic prevention and control measures are implemented.



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