A corner of HCM City (Photo: VNA) Saigontourist has restored its tours to the US, the Maldives, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Thailand, and planned to launchmore tours to Europe, the Middle East, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia inMarch.
It has also increased outbound travel insurance coverageto 2.4 billion VND (105,124 USD) and COVID-19 insurance to 240 million VND, andcover the cost of COVID-19 PCR tests (if any) for tourists.
Vietravel is also working to complete its outboundtours, with a charter flight to India in late February, and another to Dubai nextmonth.
Meanwhile, Golden Smile Travel has offered tours toDubai and Thailand weekly, and will resume tours to other markets likeSoutheast Asia, Australia and the US in the time ahead.
According to Nguyen Viet Anh, head of the management division under the municipal Department of Tourism, the department has providedconsultancy for the municipal People’s Committee to issue guidelines on welcomingback international tourists.
The department has announced the list of hotelseligible to serve foreign tourists. They include InterCotinental Saigonin District 1, Windsor Plaza Hotel in District 5, Liberty Central Saigon Centerin District 1, Ramana Saigon in District 3, and Silverland Sakyo in District 1.
Vietnam will fully reopen tourism and lift travelrestrictions from March 15. International visitors do not need to register fora tour, but still have to present a certificate of full vaccination or recoveryfrom COVID-19, and negative test results before boarding (24 hours for rapidtest and 72 hours for PCR test). Within 24 hours of arrival in Vietnam, theymust have a negative test result before participating in tourism activities./.
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