It’s less than four days from the Qingming holiday. Can we go outing and enjoy flowers on Qingming Festival when the situation of epidemic prevention and control is still complex and severe?
On March 30, the Ministry of culture and tourism held a regular press conference in the first quarter of 2022. While introducing the key news publicity projects of the Ministry of culture and tourism in 2022, it also announced the focus of epidemic prevention and control during the Qingming Festival.
Li Xiaoyong, deputy director of the market management department of the Ministry of culture and tourism, said that at present, the number of new confirmed cases in the world has rebounded continuously, the number of new local infections in China is still high, the scope of affected cities continues to increase, the epidemic is still in the development stage, and the epidemic prevention and control work cannot be relaxed for a moment. The Ministry of culture and tourism attaches great importance to the epidemic prevention and control, and insists on taking the epidemic prevention and control as the top priority of the current work. The epidemic prevention and control work should be carried out strictly, strictly, carefully and practically, mainly in two aspects.
The first aspect is to strengthen the deployment of the industry. On March 15 and 21, the Ministry of culture and tourism held a special meeting of the leading group for epidemic prevention and control and a teleconference on epidemic prevention and control in the national culture and tourism industry, followed by the issuance of the notice on doing a good job in the market of Tomb Sweeping Day, labor day, Dragon Boat Festival Culture and tourism holidays in 2022, which made careful arrangements for epidemic prevention and control. The recently released “epidemic prevention forecast for tourism hotspots” guides relevant regions to plan and deploy epidemic prevention and control in advance and promote the advance of epidemic prevention and control.
The measures of “limit the number of peaks” and “mask the wrong number” shall be strictly implemented before entering the scenic spot, and the specific requirements of “limit the number of peaks” and “enter the scenic spot” shall be strictly implemented; Public libraries, theatres, Internet service places and entertainment places should move forward the gateway of epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the health monitoring and management of employees, and do a good job in ventilation, cleaning and disinfection of business places; Strictly implement the “circuit breaker” mechanism of inter provincial tourism operation, and temporarily do not resume the entry-exit team tourism and “air ticket + Hotel” business of travel agencies and online tourism enterprises; Comprehensive law enforcement agencies of cultural markets at all levels continued to strengthen supervision and inspection, and compacted the main responsibility for epidemic prevention and control of cultural and tourism business units.
The second aspect is to improve tourists’ awareness of self-protection. Tourists are not only participants in epidemic prevention and control, but also beneficiaries of safe and orderly tourism activities. The Ministry of culture and tourism issued timely tips on epidemic prevention and control and tourism safety through portal websites, new media platforms for government affairs and other channels, reminding tourists to enhance their awareness of epidemic prevention and control, pay attention to the dynamics of the epidemic and travel safely and rationally. All kinds of cultural and tourism business units and business places also publicize the knowledge of epidemic prevention and control by setting up prompt signs and playing promotional films, so as to guide the public to consciously abide by the regulations on epidemic prevention and control.
Li Xiaoyong said: “Remind visitors who are going to travel during the Qingming Festival to pay close attention to the dynamics of the epidemic in China and the changes in medium and high-risk areas, and do not travel to medium and high-risk areas. During the travel journey, we should fully understand and consciously abide by the prevention and control requirements such as checking the health code, measuring the temperature and standardizing the wearing of masks, wash hands and ventilate frequently, and form the good habit of ‘one meter line’. In case of cough, fever and other symptoms, we should stop visiting and seek medical treatment in time.”
In addition, Li Xiaoyong also introduced that during the “China Tourism Day” on May 19, the Ministry of culture and tourism will hold theme days, theme weeks and theme months. In May, the national culture and tourism system will launch the “China Tourism Day” tourism benefit Month activities. In combination with the actual situation, various local tourism and other measures will be launched, including the issuance of cultural and tourism vouchers, and promotion of tourism enterprises. These measures will be opened through the website, WeChat official account and other forms, and will be updated weekly. China’s major online tourism enterprises (OTAs) will also join the campaign and regularly launch preferential measures.
Zhang Xuxia, spokesman of the Ministry of culture and tourism and deputy director of the general office, also introduced some key cultural and Tourism News Publicity projects in 2022. For example, the 13th China Art Festival will be held in September this year. It will focus on Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei high-speed railway and cities around Beijing and Tianjin, and open sub venues in Beijing Sub Center, xiong’an new area, Tianjin Binhai New Area and surrounding urban areas to form national participation The situation of all people sharing.
