A COVID-19 test site in Australia. (Photo: AFP / VNA) Goverment New Zealand has suspended the program stimulate tourism just opened to Australia, after appearing a drive COVID-19 translation new in this neighboring country. Announcing on the official website on April 23, the New Zealand Government stated: “As agreed in the Trans-Tasman tourism stimulus protocol (between the two countries), the travel between New Zealand and Western Australia. had to pause, wait for the next announcement. ” The decision was made after the state of Western Australia said the Perth and Peel regions began a 3-day blockade (from 0:00 on April 24) after a tourist tested positive for the SARS virus. -CoV-2 causes COVID-19 disease. Local media reported that a man in his 50s traveled from Perth to Melbourne on April 21 and tested positive on the morning of April 23. Previously, this person underwent regulatory quarantine at a hotel in Perth and when the quarantine ended, for five days in the city, he went to several restaurants, a university, a swimming pool. public, a private clinic and a friend’s home before leaving. The friend he visited also tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. New Zealand and Australia has opened a program to stimulate tourism in isolation since April 18, nearly 400 days after the two sides closed the border due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is the result of months of negotiations between two neighboring countries that have essentially curbed this translation, which is seen as a major effort to re-start the travel industry between the two countries that are already heavily impacted. plague. Under the program, passengers from Australia to New Zealand can fly over the Tasman Sea without having to undergo mandatory isolation on entry.

Tourists come to visit Hue heritage on 30/4 Tourists visit Hue Citadel There are 170 passengers on the charter train SE1 Hanoi – Hue to Hue at noon 30/4. After arriving in Hue, the group of tourists visited the Royal Palace, introduced the history and values ​​of architectural heritages, enjoyed some activities to recreate the activities of the Nguyen court. That was the guard change ceremony at Ngo Mon Gate, performing the Hue Royal Court Music at Duyet Thi Duong. The Department of Tourism and the Hue Monuments Conservation Center and the train tourism stimulus coalition have cooperated closely to have a plan to ensure safety against epidemics when organizing a group of tourists charter ships to visit. Hue. Train tourism stimulus program in 2021 with exploration tours, travel experience by train from Hanoi to the Central provinces (Quang Binh-Thua Thien Hue-Da Nang, rent a full train, each trip includes 12 beds, serving more than 300 guests). After the first charter train on the occasion of April 30-May 1, 2021, there will be from 6 to 8 trips held from here to August 2021. Mr. Le Huu Minh, Acting Director of the Department of Tourism of Thua Thien Hue Province, presents flowers to tourists Mr. Truong Quoc Hung, Chairman of the UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club, said: “When we went to Hue, we were instructed on civilized tourism behavior and applied very good anti-epidemic measures, from wearing a mask. page on the use of antiseptic water, the simplification of crowded places This is a good preparation for the Hue tourism industry.I am also happy to join the tour groups of the UNESCO Alliance Tourism companies. to Hue on this occasion./.

Accordingly, by 2020, with innovation, creativity and flexibility in stimulating demand and promoting tourism, the Quang Ninh tourism industry has overcome difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in a spectacular way. speeding up in the last 3 months of the year, reaching a successful milestone with the total number of tourists coming to Quang Ninh by 2020 to reach 8.8 million; Total revenue from tourism is estimated at over 17,000 billion; The added value from tourist revenues in the province reaches over 11,000 billion; Contributed 5.19% to the local budget revenue. Successfully inheriting in 2020 with a breakthrough in the work of stimulating demand, promoting and promoting tourism, Quang Ninh province is determined to strive to attract tourists to the province by 2021 to reach 10 million visitors. In order to achieve the dual goal of effectively fighting the epidemic while developing socio-economic development, maintaining a safe area, maintaining economic growth momentum right from the end of 2020, the People’s Council of Quang Ninh province has issued a Decision No. 316 / NQ-HDND dated December 9, 2020 on a number of measures to support tourism demand stimulus in Quang Ninh province in 2021. Quang Ninh province has many solutions to stimulate tourism demand 2021. According to the resolution, Quang Ninh province offers a 100% discount on entrance fees for tourist attractions and accommodations in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Museum, and Yen Tu scenic relic on major holidays in 2021 for tourists. calendar (Hung Vuong’s death anniversary April 21; Mining Zone Liberation Day April 25 … from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021; bus ticket support from Van International Airport Don – Ha Long to Doc Do (Phuong Dong ward, Uong Bi city) and vice versa. In the plan to stimulate demand, promote tourism promotion of Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee in 2021, the province will organize 88 events, activities, and tourism stimulus programs; including 35 activities, events at provincial scale, 53 activities, events at local level. Specifically: Phase I: March, April and May 2021 will organize 31 events, activities, and stimulus programs for Quang Ninh tourism, including 15 activities, provincial events, 16 activities, events local level tissue. The highlight of phase I stimulus activities chain is the activities of Ha Long Cultural Tourism Week 2021 with special and attractive events such as: Ha Long – Quang Ninh program to welcome summer 202; The Three Circus Gala 2021; Concert EDM in Everland; The 202 National Youth Band Festival; Volleyball National Championship Round I … Phase II: From June to December 2021 will organize 57 events, activities and programs to stimulate tourism in Quang Ninh, including 20 activities, provincial events, 37 activities, events. local level tissue. The highlight of the phase II of the bridge stimulus activities is the 2021 National Sea Kite Festival; Program “Yen Tu – Back to the land of Buddha in autumn 2021”; 2021 Winter Carnaval Program … Quang Ninh tourism stimulus alliance together with tourism businesses in the province have launched product groups focusing on spiritual tourism, cuisine, islands, culture, entertainment – vacation. attractive concessional packages and packages, and simultaneously 30-50% discount on tourism service prices in the province. Typically: Ha Long Sun Company Limited offers a 70% discount on the ticket price of SunWorld Ha Long Complex Park from March 13 to April 15, 202. Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company reduced the price of the round trip cable car ticket to Dong Pagoda, Yen Tu by 30%, until December 31, 2021; Hai u Aviation Joint Stock Company offers a 40% discount on the flight experience program Hai u Seaplane – Happy golden hour at 9:00 and 16h10 from Monday to Friday from March 22, 2021 to April 29. / 2021. Quang Ninh province is expected to continue to successfully fulfill its target of welcoming 10 million visitors by 2021, becoming an attractive and top choice destination for Vietnamese and international tourists./.

Retail consultant Mary Portas was among those calling for the stimulus package.

In the UK, celebrities such as retail consultant Mary Portas, beauty magnate Charlotte Tilbury, fashion designer Charlie Casely-Hayford and Henry Holland were among the callers of Main’s stimulus package. covered. The new aid package should be structured similarly to the restaurant bailout package in the summer of 2020, they said.

Specifically, the Government has paid 50% of the cost of goods purchased at stores with less than 10 employees and capped at £ 10, with rollout times from Monday to Wednesday, taking place during round a month this summer.

Independent stores have been hit hard by the pandemic, says Ross Bailey, founder of the “Street rescue” campaign and chief executive of retail rental market Appear Here. In particular, it is estimated that retail stores of non-essential goods, mainly independent stores, lost £ 22 billion in sales by 2020, with the number of customers down 40%.

Often, family-style small businesses can’t adopt plans for employees to take temporary leave because there are still a small number of online orders that need to be processed, Bailey said.

According to statistics, the UK has more than 11,000 stores that have permanently disappeared from the streets and shopping malls by 2020. Meanwhile, online shopping, mushrooming during the pandemic. The figures show that 38% of retail sales were done online in February, up 18% from last year.

To resolve the above situation, recently, the British Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak announced, retail stores can extend the business tax reduction until July.

Previously, the British Government also announced that retail stores could reopen from April 12, 2021, and could sell until 10 p.m. and six days a week. This is a move to save the British government’s retail stores after months of closure.

However, Ross Bailey, founder of the “Street Rescue” campaign, argues that more substantial intervention is needed: “With the right support, independent stores can thrive. Otherwise, we will lose community cohesion, where transaction is based on human connection and experience, which is hard to replace online transactions, ”affirmed Ross Bailey.