Chinanews client, Beijing, September 13th (Reporter Li Jinlei) The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are coming soon, and inter-provincial travel has resumed one after another. However, the outbreak of the outbreak in Fujian has caused many people to worry: Can the epidemic be controlled before "11" ?
Can you still go out happily during the holiday?
Listen to what the experts say.
The picture shows tourists surfing in the Tianya Haijiao tourist area in Sanya recently.
Photo by You Jianxing
The tourism sector fell across the board
Just when many people were going to travel and visit relatives during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, the outbreak of the epidemic in Putian, Fujian made many people feel nervous: If the epidemic occurred before the holiday, would the double festival trip be a waste?
According to data from the National Health Commission, from 0-24 on September 12, 22 new local cases were reported in Fujian, including 15 cases in Putian City, 6 cases in Quanzhou City, and 1 case in Xiamen City, including 2 cases from asymptomatic infections. Were converted to confirmed cases (all in Fujian).
Before the outbreak of the epidemic, the domestic tourism market was recovering steadily, and inter-provincial team tourism and "air ticket + hotel" business operations were resumed in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Shandong, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, and Hainan.
The market predicts that the travel demand that has been suppressed since the summer is expected to be released during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, but now the epidemic is coming, and travel is more or less affected.
This kind of worry is reflected in the stock market. On September 13, the A-share tourism sector plummeted across the board, with Changbai Mountain, Tibet Tourism, Guilin Tourism, and Xi'an Tourism dropping their limits.
Night tour of Huangguoshu Waterfall.
Photo by Qu Honglun
How is the refund situation?
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, for provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) that have high-risk areas, travel agencies and online tourism companies will immediately suspend the operation of inter-provincial team tours and "air tickets + hotel" services in the province (regions, cities).
Do not organize tours to medium and high-risk areas, do not undertake tourist groups in medium- and high-risk areas, and do not organize tourist outings in medium- and high-risk areas.
On September 12, the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent reminder: Don't leave the province if it is not necessary.
At present, some people have canceled their plans to travel to Fujian, and some netizens complained that "The itinerary has been done, but the epidemic in Fujian is endless. Do you want to travel in a crack?"
The reporter learned from a number of online travel platforms that, affected by the Fujian epidemic, some refunds did occur, but the scope was relatively small.
Qunar told a reporter from Chinanews.com that from the perspective of the platform, the scope of the ticket refund due to the epidemic is only in Xiamen and Quanzhou, and the impact on travel across the country is relatively small.
At present, the main factor affecting travel across the country is typhoon, and the current impact of ticket refunds is about twice that of the same period last week.
Can the epidemic be controlled before National Day?
According to CCTV news reports, experts from the National Health Commission sent to Fujian's working group judged that the current Putian epidemic situation is severe and complex, and there is a high possibility that cases will continue to be found in communities, schools, factories and other populations, and there is a risk of spillover of the epidemic.
However, experts have judged that as long as they make full use of the successful experience accumulated before to normalize the epidemic to ensure that various measures and links are implemented, the
scale of the epidemic is expected to be controlled before the National Day holiday.
On September 5th, tourists took photos in front of the iconic landscape of Beijing Universal Resort.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yi Haifei
Double energy saving to go out to play?
Tang Xiaoyun, vice president of the China Tourism Research Institute, told Chinanews.com that the Fujian epidemic is still under control and will have an impact on consumer confidence in travel, but the impact is mainly in Fujian Province.
Tang Xiaoyun pointed out that at present, all localities attach great importance to the prevention and control of the epidemic in the development of tourism activities, and hierarchical prevention and control measures have been regularized.
In addition, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a small and long holiday. The tourism activities mainly focus on local and surrounding tours, which have little impact on inter-provincial travel. .
The situation during the National Day needs to be studied and judged based on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Fujian, but overall, it will not affect the overall recovery of the tourism market.
In her view, the development of local tourism and surrounding tourism markets in various places, the normal development of various cultural and tourism related exhibitions such as the Beijing Service Trade Fair, China-Arab Expo, Guangdong Tourism Expo, and the opening of Universal Studios are positive factors that have confidence in the market. There is a good positive incentive effect, and it also proves that the demand in the tourism market is strong.
Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization program, reminded on September 7 that the public must still tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control and maintain a certain degree of vigilance during travel.
In addition, during the holidays, we do not advocate gatherings and gatherings, especially large-scale gatherings are not allowed.
Before traveling, the public should understand the epidemic prevention and control level of the destination when going to the destination. If it is a medium-high-risk area, you cannot go there. If your location is a medium-high-risk area, you cannot travel.
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