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HCM City announces list of hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism (DoT) on February 18 publicised a list of hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists arriving in the city in the coming time.
HCM City announces list of hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists ảnh 1InterContinental Saigon Hotel in District 1. (Photo: booking.com)

HCM City (VNA) –Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism (DoT) on February 18 publicised a listof hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists arriving in the city in thecoming time.

They include InterContinentialSaigon, Liberty Central Saigon Center and Silverland Sakyo in district 1;Ramana Saigon in district 3 and Windsor Plaza Hotel in district 5.

To be eligible for servingforeign visitors, the hotels have to strictly comply with COVID-19 pandemicprevention and control regulations and other rules in line with the guidance ofthe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as well as the municipal People’s Committee,according to a DoT representative, adding that the hotels are chosen basedon the basis of voluntary registration.

In related news, NguyenKhoa Luan, Director of Anh Viet Hop on-Hop off Vietnam Company, has proposed using double-deckerbuses to transport passengers from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to lessen the overloading.

In a written document that has been submitted to the DoT, hesaid the company will support the transportation of visitors from the airport tothe city centre. The double-decker buses can operate from 8am to 5pm every day and a bus can carry a maximum of 80 passengers, Luan said/.

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