China News Service, March 30th, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held a regular press conference for the first quarter of 2022 on the 30th. Li Xiaoyong, deputy director of the Marketing Management Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, reminded tourists and friends who will travel during the Qingming holiday: pay close attention to Domestic epidemic situation and changes in medium and high risk areas, do not travel to medium and high risk areas.

  A reporter asked at the meeting: Tomb-sweeping Day is approaching, and many tourists are concerned about whether they can go out for a trip to enjoy the flowers.

What measures have the culture and tourism departments taken to prevent and control the epidemic?

  In this regard, Li Xiaoyong pointed out that at present, the number of newly confirmed cases in the world has continued to rebound, the number of new local infections in my country is still at a high level, the scope of the affected cities and regions continues to expand, the epidemic is still in the developing stage, and the epidemic prevention and control work cannot be relaxed for a moment.

In response to the current situation of epidemic prevention and control, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism attaches great importance to it, insists on taking epidemic prevention and control as the top priority of its current work, and does a good job in epidemic prevention and control in a strict and meticulous manner. It has mainly done two aspects of work. .

  One is to strengthen industry deployment.

On March 15th and 21st, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held a special meeting of the Ministry's leading group on epidemic prevention and control, and a national video and teleconference on epidemic prevention and control in the cultural and tourism industries. "Notice on Prevention and Control Work" and "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the 2022 Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival Cultural and Tourism Holiday Markets", and make careful arrangements for the industry's epidemic prevention and control work.

This week, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism released the fifth issue of "Epidemic Prevention Forecast for Tourism Hotspots", which guides relevant regions to plan and deploy epidemic prevention and control work in advance, and promotes the advance of epidemic prevention and control.

The specific measures are as follows: First, strictly implement the requirements of "limited numbers, reservations, and staggered peaks" in tourist attractions. Before entering the scenic spots, you must scan the code to register, measure your body temperature, and wear masks in the whole process.

Second, public libraries, theaters, Internet access service venues, and entertainment venues should move the epidemic prevention and control threshold forward, strengthen the health monitoring and management of employees, and do a good job in ventilation, cleaning and disinfection of business premises.

The third is to strictly implement the "circuit breaker" mechanism for cross-provincial tourism operations, and temporarily not resume inbound and outbound team travel and "air ticket + hotel" business for travel agencies and online tourism companies.

Fourth, comprehensive law enforcement agencies in the cultural market at all levels continue to strengthen supervision and inspection, and consolidate the main responsibility of cultural and tourism business units for epidemic prevention and control.

  The second 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 has issued timely reminders on epidemic prevention and control and tourism safety through various channels such as portal websites and new government media platforms, reminding the majority of tourists to enhance their awareness of epidemic prevention and control, pay attention to epidemic trends, and travel safely and rationally.

Various cultural and tourism business units and business sites have also carried out publicity on epidemic prevention and control knowledge by setting up notice boards, playing promotional videos, etc., and guiding the public to consciously abide by epidemic prevention and control regulations.

  Li Xiaoyong said that with the help of today's press conference, he once again reminded tourists and friends who will travel during the Qingming holiday: pay close attention to the domestic epidemic situation and changes in medium and high-risk areas, and do not travel to medium and high-risk areas.

During the travel itinerary, it is necessary to fully understand and consciously abide by the prevention and control requirements such as checking health codes, measuring temperature, and standardizing the wearing of masks, wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, and develop the good habit of "one-meter noodles".

If you have symptoms such as cough and fever, you should stop traveling and seek medical attention in time.