At a time when travel and travel groups are abuzz recently with attractive travel offers, all public health organizations have issued warnings about gatherings and mobility, especially after most of the world's countries have eased the embargo and quarantine measures.
As officials grapple with a fierce war between saving the economy and preserving public health, it has been decided to reopen countries and tourist facilities gradually and cautiously, hoping to restore their era of full tourist employment. However, with the promotion of different tourist offers, how do you choose the safe ones?
Destination of travel
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified a list of countries that talk daily about the prevalence of the Corona pandemic "Covid-19" through which it warns against traveling to it for unnecessary matters. It represents a great opportunity to increase the spread of the virus. On July 9, the list included the following countries:
- Brazil, China, Iran.
- Scandinavian countries (Finland, Norway, Sweden).
- European countries (Spain, Italy, France).
- United Kingdom (Britain, Ireland).
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned against traveling via various means of transportation, especially buses, and has made it clear that travel by bus for any period, however short it is, is not safe, due to space constraints and lack of good ventilation, and flying by plane is less dangerous if a safe airline is chosen that sets the maximum caveats Like not eating on the plane and reserving fewer seats to allow for social spacing.
Unlike buses, airplanes contain air purifiers from viruses and recycle the air to purify them from most viruses, but the problem lies in the possibility of individuals being present and mixing them with a distance of less than six meters, which is still considered a potential source of infection, as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of Using public toilets for a high risk of infection.
Accommodation and arrival
The choice of the residence hotel is no longer the same criteria that include the price and how close it is to the attractions and transportation stations only. The same toilet and hence the higher rates of infection potential
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends choosing hotels that compel the crew and guests to use masks and take into account the social divergence in lounges and dining halls, and infection control standards in swimming pools, saunas, beauty and sports centers, which are not recommended for use in the current period, should be confirmed.
Attractions and hiking
Open beaches are considered by some to be a safe haven due to the fact that they are in the open air, but they may contain very dangerous factors such as the hotel staff and the mixing of guests with each other and the possibilities of sharing food, beach games and even the seats designated for sunbathing with others, so all precautions must be preserved even in Open areas.
It is not very different from swimming pools despite the presence of chlorine in the water, but it is not present in the atmosphere, and you must maintain the distances of social spacing and avoid swallowing water from the swimming pools or using public toilets. It is also advisable to wear face masks immediately after leaving the water to avoid the possibility of infection as much as possible.
Car and bike rental
Car and bike rental services are commonly used while traveling, so good ventilation must be maintained to avoid infection if any car is riding with strangers, by opening all existing windows and avoiding the use of the air conditioner completely, while wearing masks and avoiding touching anything, either if the car or bike is rented alone You can sterilize it with alcohol or dilute chlorine by wiping the handles and washing well before and after driving to avoid transmission from the previous vehicle driver.
Maldives experience
The Maldives is reopening its doors to receive tourists after months of closure, which is the first time in the history of islands that depend on tourism for two-thirds of its national income, and the authorities raise many measures starting from July 15 in all tourist resorts and hotel ships for a period of two weeks, after which tourists can Entrance to guest houses, which will open on the first of August.
Tourist resorts and hotel ships are places completely isolated from the locals, so the tourists spend 14 days of the quarantine period apart from the residents.
The Maldives recorded 2491 cases of corona, and the islands contain only eight hospitals, there are two in the capital "Male" and six in the provinces, and each island contains a family health center with at least one doctor.
Many luxury resorts raised the slogan "Free from Covid-19" for restarting, and put in place strict policies for guests, including a test for detecting the PCR virus upon arrival and return it every four days, as well as a total ban on guests inside the villas large and isolated from the rest of the resort, It totally prohibits direct communication with the inmates, which was a major reason in considering the destination of the rich and famous in search of privacy, and today is a safe haven away from the epidemic, but the cost of this type of resort ranges from three thousand to five thousand dollars per night.
The World Health Organization and the Centers for Epidemic Control and Prevention still recommend social separation, wearing masks and avoiding movement as much as possible, given that there are many carriers of the disease without symptoms but they are still able to transmit infection in silence, which makes mixing with strangers and lack of commitment to safe distances a potential source of infection .