HCM City announces list of hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists
HCM City (VNA) –
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.
They include InterContinential
Saigon, 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 serving
foreign visitors, the hotels have to strictly comply with COVID-19 pandemic
prevention and control regulations and other rules in line with the guidance of
the 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 based
on the basis of voluntary registration.
In related news, Nguyen
Khoa Luan, Director of Anh Viet Hop on-Hop off Vietnam Company, has proposed using double-decker
buses to transport passengers from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to lessen the overloading.
In a written document that has been submitted to the DoT, he
said the company will support the transportation of visitors from the airport to
the 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/.