QuangNam (VNS/VNA) - The central province of Quang Nam has put forwardplans to host international tourists with “vaccine passports” andnegative coronavirus tests.
Aspart of the plans, arrivals at Chu Lai Airport will stay atthe assigned Hoiana resorts in Duy Xuyen district and Tui Blue Hotelin Nui Thanh district for five or 10 days.
Chairmanof the provincial People’s Committee Le Tri Thanh confirmed the plans to Vietnam News, stating that the province andmanaging boards of the two resorts and Chu Lai Airport authorities held aworking session on preparations to soon host tourists with theproposed vaccine passports.
Thanhsaid the province will register with the Government to become the firstprovince in Vietnam to pilot the hosting of international visitorsand roll out a ‘safe tourism’ programme.
“Weplan to receive Korean ‘vaccine passport’ tourists on chartered flights as partof the pilot project, and they (tourists) must test negative forcoronavirus by Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR),” Thanhsaid.
“TheChu Lai Airport will be given better medical testing equipment and coronavirusprevention measure for arrivals as well as the reception sites at the twohotels,” he said.
Thechairman said the two hotels are far from community and residential quarters,and the two sites had been tested and surveyed by the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism.
TheMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also agreed with the pilot plan.
Thanhsaid all staff of the two hotels and task force members will bevaccinated and implement coronavirus preventive measures before hostingtourists.
QuangNam province’s tourism industry saw poor growth in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic and storms and floods.
Theprovince, which is home to the UNESCO-recognised world heritage sites Hai Anancient city and Cham Islands-Hoi An world biosphere site, saw tourismrevenue decline by 82.7 percent in 2020, hosting only 1.46 milliontourists – an 81 percent reduction from 2019.
Thetourism association of Quang Nam has inked an agreement to boost post-COVID-19tourism in the region in 2021 with Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue./.
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At Chu Lai airport in Quang Nam (Photo: VNA) 
