However, the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic during the holiday season caused a lot of service cancellations for tourist accommodation establishments. According to information from the Hanoi Department of Tourism, it is estimated that about 25 – 30% of the number of pre-booked rooms have been cancelled. Many tourist areas and attractions have canceled a number of programs, events and festivals with large crowds, of which Duong Lam ancient village has postponed the organization of exhibitions, country markets and exhibitions on the occasion of April 30. – May 1, Bao Son Paradise Park postponed the Ocean Festival event. Most destinations in Hanoi have basically well implemented measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic. Source: Hoa Lo Prison Relic During the days from April 26 to May 2, the Hanoi Department of Tourism inspected the observance of legal regulations in tourism activities and strengthened the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in some areas. accommodation facilities and tourist attractions concentrated in the city, such as the Temple of Literature – Quoc Tu Giam, Quan Thanh Temple, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Center, Vietnam Military Museum South, the ruins of Hoa Lo Prison, the area around Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple… Through inspection, on the occasion of April 30 and May 1 this year, the number of visitors and tourists at these places was relatively empty. Most destinations have basically well implemented measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic, strengthen the organization of welcoming tourists, ensure security and order, traffic safety, food safety and hygiene. products, environmental sanitation. However, many places still have some limitations, which have been reminded and strictly enforced by the inspection team, such as the area inside the Temple of Literature – Quoc Tu Giam, the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long still has the status of tourists. remove the mask; The area inside and around Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ngoc Son Temple lacks staff to remind visitors to wear masks and disinfect hands. It is estimated that in April 2021, Hanoi welcomes about 850 thousand domestic visitors, an increase of 24% compared to March 2021; total revenue from domestic tourists is estimated at 2.37 trillion VND. In the first four months of 2021, domestic tourists to Hanoi were estimated at 2.78 million arrivals, down 27.2% over the same period in 2020; total revenue from domestic tourists was estimated at VND 7.78 trillion, down approximately 50% over the same period last year.

Hanoi requires that hotels serving as concentrated isolation places must ensure the requirements in epidemic prevention and control, and deploy surveillance camera systems. Photo: InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Hotel In this document, the Hanoi Department of Tourism requires the units to fully implement the regulations and measures in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in accordance with the direction of the city such as: Stop the meeting activities. , unnecessarily large gatherings of people; implement minimum distance; strictly implement the “5K message”… Restaurants in hotels, standard food and drink establishments to serve tourists, ensure the minimum seating distance in accordance with regulations. Accommodation establishments in the Capital area register and regularly self-evaluate and update to the national Covid-19 safety system at http://safe.tourism.com.vn. Any establishment that temporarily suspends its operation or does not do business must still register and tick the box “Business establishments temporarily suspending operations on the system”. For 19 hotels decided to establish by the Hanoi People’s Committee as a concentrated medical isolation area, the isolation process must be strictly followed according to regulations; tighten the management and supervision of activities at the hotel. These facilities must be responsible for closely coordinating with relevant agencies to assess the situation, deploy surveillance camera systems to integrate and connect with the centralized monitoring system set up by the Ministry of Information and Communications. implementation to ensure on schedule; comply with the adjustment of concentrated isolation time for cases subject to isolation according to current regulations of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Tourist accommodation service businesses, tourist operators and transport units, tourist areas and attractions need to be updated from official sources of information about the epidemic situation; Fully update information, guest list, daily travel schedule for medical declaration, information retrieval upon request. In addition, the Department of Tourism requires units to meet information technology in epidemic prevention and control, to actively create and use QR Codes; install Bluezone application to serve monitoring and contact tracing of Covid-19 epidemic. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other users who have installed Bluezone. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.