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Travel firms in HCM City resume selling tours

Travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City have resumed selling tours as the southern metropolis has allowed tourism services in “green zones” after a period of social distancing due to COVID-19.
Travel firms in HCM City resume selling tours ảnh 1Travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City have resumed selling tours. (Photo: vietnambooking.com)
Hanoi (VNA) – Travel firms in Ho ChiMinh City have resumed selling tours as the southern metropolis has allowed tourismservices in “green zones” after a period of social distancing due to COVID-19.

From October, HCM City has allowed tourismactivities in the so-called “green zones,” where the pandemic outbreak has beencontained. Holidaymakers have to go in groups and travel within a day.

Saigontourist Travel Service Company is the pioneerin the city’s tourism programme, following the success of eight pilot tours toCan Gio and Cu Chi districts held exclusively for medical workers working in thepandemic fight.

Doan Thi Thanh Tra, Director of Marketing and Communicationsof Saigontourist, said her company has offered two tours to Can Gio and Cu Chi. 

Saigontourist and Bao Viet Insurance in Ho Chi MinhCity signed an expanded tourism insurance contract covering tourists infectedwith the coronavirus during the company’s tours, Tra added.

A representative from Vietravel said the firm will developintra-region products and provide on-the-spot services.
Travel firms in HCM City resume selling tours ảnh 2Travel companies are waiting for concerted policies regarding the “COVID-19 green cards” to further revive the tourism sector. (Photo: vneconomy.vn)
According to Nguyen Minh Man, Director ofCommunications and Marketing of TST tourist, many customers have shown interestin tours again, focusing on Phu Quoc, Ha Long, Yen Tu and Cat Ba.

He suggested management agencies and authoritiessoon issue guidelines on COVID-19 prevention and control, including proceduresto deal with COVID-19 cases detected among vacationers, to facilitate theresumption of tourism.

Nguyen Thi Khanh, Chairwoman of the HCM City TourismAssociation, urged travel firms and relevant agencies to make use of existing regionalconnectivity agreements to launch “travel bubble” and build tourist sites freefrom the coronavirus.

Travel companies are waiting for concerted policiesregarding the “COVID-19 green cards” to further revive the tourism sector./.
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