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Written by: Ouyang Dehao
2021-06-05 17:42
The last update date: 2021-06-05 17:42
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has gradually eased. Earlier, travel agencies cooperated with airlines to launch a "tour around Hong Kong" air tour (Flycation).
However, yesterday (4th) there were media reports that the Hong Kong Express (HK Express) and Dongying Tour jointly launched a tour around Hong Kong, which was halted by the Transport and Housing Bureau.
HK Express responded today (5th) that the Flycation charter flight originally scheduled to be held on June 1 is still under internal arrangements and will submit an application to the relevant departments.
Yao Sirong, a member of the Legislative Council of the tourism industry, estimated that after the basic requirements for cruises on high seas were formulated earlier, including two doses of vaccinations, he believes that the authorities will gradually standardize, such as classifying Flycation.
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The government announced on the 26th of last month that it is expected to resume the cruise on the high seas as soon as the end of July this year. Participants aged 16 or above must complete two doses of vaccinations and show a negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours before boarding.
A few days later, the HK Express charter flight scheduled for June 1 was suddenly cancelled and failed to take off as scheduled.
HK Express: Submit the application to the authorities after internal arrangements
According to media reports, the Hong Kong tour jointly launched by HK Express and Dongying Tour was halted by the Transport and Housing Bureau.
The report also pointed out that some people in the industry estimate that Flycation does not require passengers to be vaccinated, which is different from the newly formulated epidemic prevention standards for high seas cruises. Therefore, the authorities have made this provisional decision.
HK Express responded today that the Flycation charter flight originally scheduled to be held on June 1 is still undergoing internal arrangements and will submit an application to relevant departments after completion.
As for the Dongying Tour website, there are no travel products related to Flycation today.
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Yao Sirong believes that in the past, the government has given priority to epidemic prevention and promoted the economy as a supplement, and now it is coupled with the promotion of vaccination.
Therefore, when the basic requirements for cruises on high seas are formulated, including two doses of vaccinations, it is estimated that the authorities will gradually standardize them, such as classifying Flycation.
However, different government departments have their own set of requirements, and may need to sit down and discuss for evaluation.
Yao continued that the current policy direction certainly hopes to promote vaccination by encouraging citizens to consume.
However, he believes that it is also necessary to be reasonable, such as adding vaccination requirements in the way of classification, including all outbound activities.
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