Tourism Industry: Coordination Meeting for Systematic Resumption

Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism Dr. Htay Aung on Friday attended a coordination meeting to ensure the systematic resumption of the tourism industry. The Union Minister stressed the need to conduct the COVID-19 health rules in the open season and follow the leadership of regional tourism industry committees with the proportionate development in seven-type of tourism-related fields.

He also highlighted the plans to survey the travellers’ arrivals, accommodation, food, region tours, souvenir buying rate and expenses preparations for the tourist arrivals, cooperation work between the government and private industries including respective region/state governments and departments concerned. Attendees reported on the number of travellers, flights, vaccination programmes and safe services.

On the same day, the Union Minister met with officials and hoteliers in Nay Pyi Taw and discussed the lifestyle to live with the pandemic in line with the preventive measures, implementation of agriculture-based tourism for Nay Pyi Taw, recreational tours in addition to pilgrimages, safe services of hotels/motels/lodges with the certificates granted under Healthy and Safety Protocol (HSP) of the ministry. Attendees reported on the reopening of hotels/ motels/lodges in line with the COVID-19 health rules and implementation of tour destinations in Nay Pyi Taw.