Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Travel agencies and online travel companies will not resume inbound and outbound group tours for the time being.

10 10/0/2 1 day, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China (the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) said in a notice that the inbound and outbound group tours will not be resumed for the time being.

On the same day, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Epidemic in Autumn and Winter (hereinafter referred to as the Notice). The Ministry of Culture and Tourism pointed out in the notice that local cultural and tourism administrative departments should adhere to the principle of zoning and grading, further implement the requirements of the Guide to Prevention and Control Measures for Epidemic Situation of Tourism Enterprises, strengthen supervision and guidance for tourism enterprises that have resumed their business activities, and focus on urging A-level tourist attractions, star-rated hotels and travel agencies.

Sun Yunlong, deputy director of the Tourism Department of Fudan University, believes that the release of this document may be related to the first batch of China tourists visiting Thailand.

According to Xinhua News Agency, China tourists with special tourist visas arrived at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand on April1October 20th 10 on Spring Airlines flight 9C8579. This is the first batch of foreign tourists who have entered Thailand since Thailand announced the "ban on navigation" in early April.

According to the requirements of the Special Tourist Visa (STV) approved by the Thai Cabinet 15 in September, it will be implemented from 10/0/0. All inbound tourists need to undergo quarantine inspection for 14 days after arriving in Thailand, and they can continue to travel in Thailand only after being negative by COVID-19 nucleic acid test, and get a visa for at least 90 days.

Sun Yunlong believes that this may be the response of the cultural and tourism departments to the inbound and outbound tourism which is neither encouraged nor supported by the competent authorities at present.

It is reported that the second batch of 100 China tourists visiting Thailand will leave for Bangkok on1October 26th 10.

A person in charge of a listed company in the tourism industry told this newspaper (www.thepaper.cn) that the news was expected, because it is unlikely that the entry and exit will be liberalized this year, and it will have to wait until the Spring Festival next year at the earliest.

A travel agency in Beijing even pessimistically believes that inbound and outbound tourism may not be "good" this year or even next year. As for travel agencies, this person thinks that for some people who only do inbound and outbound tourism, it is definitely "desperate", but it is also predictable because "everyone is prepared."

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism clearly pointed out in the notice that at present, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 is still spreading around the world, and the risk of sporadic cases and local outbreaks will still exist in China for some time to come, especially in autumn and winter. In order to further improve the prevention and control of epidemic situation in autumn and winter tourism industry, a notice is issued.

The "Notice" clarifies that all localities should adhere to people-oriented and life-oriented, conscientiously sum up the experience and practices of this year's normalized epidemic prevention and control work, and make overall plans to promote epidemic prevention and control and tourism production recovery. All localities should move the epidemic prevention and control gate forward, strictly regulate the work, strengthen the health monitoring and management of personnel, and do a good job in ventilation, cleaning and disinfection, and crowd control.

In addition, the notice also pointed out that it is necessary to improve emergency response, strengthen publicity and training, and strengthen the implementation of responsibilities. Including strengthening communication and coordination with medical and health departments, disease control and other departments. If people with suspected symptoms are found in tourist business premises, they should be temporarily isolated immediately and promptly notified to the local health care and disease control departments for disposal; Timely release the epidemic prevention and control guidelines of tourism enterprises through official websites, third-party platforms, signboards, radio and electronic display screens; Establish a supervision mechanism, send working groups to key areas and key tourism enterprises when necessary, effectively strengthen the epidemic prevention and control work in the tourism industry, and ensure that all epidemic prevention and control measures are put in place.