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Written by: Li Enci
2021-06-30 08:49
Last update date: 2021-06-30 08:49
The government will implement a regional flight "fuse mechanism" in the United Kingdom. Starting at midnight tomorrow (July 1), all civil airliners arriving in Hong Kong will be prohibited from landing in Hong Kong. At the same time, the United Kingdom will be listed as a very high-risk group A1 designated area , To restrict people who have stayed in the area for more than 2 hours from boarding incoming passenger planes to prevent relevant persons from transiting to Hong Kong.
Lee Han-sung, executive director of the Hong Kong Hotel Owners Association, said on a TV and TV program this morning (30th) that there was a lot of chaos in the quarantine hotel and serious losses.
Some hotels preliminarily estimated that they lost more than RMB 30-40 million in business. Taking a medium-sized hotel as RMB 700 per night as an example, the loss in business amounted to more than tens of millions of yuan.
He criticized the lack of communication between the government and the industry and suggested increasing subsidies to reduce losses.
▼Citizens arrived in Hong Kong from the UK before the implementation of the ban ▼
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Lee Han-sung, executive director of the Hong Kong Hotel Owners Association, said that the industry understands the importance of fighting the epidemic, but the sudden emergence of a ban on flights in the United Kingdom has caused great chaos in the quarantine hotel and suffered considerable losses.
Many international students have already booked rooms for the summer vacation. Some hotels have already booked 80% of the rooms and now require refunds.
He said that some experts initially estimated the loss of business of more than 30-40 million yuan. Taking a medium-sized hotel of 700 yuan a night as an example, the loss of business value of more than tens of millions of yuan.
The Federation is making statistics on the total losses of all quarantined hotels, which is subject to further evaluation.
He criticized the government’s sudden ban on flying and lack of communication with the industry beforehand. "The government needs my time and wants us. Can we negotiate when it is suddenly unnecessary to reduce operational losses?" He suggested that the government increase the quarantine of hotels. Subsidies to reduce industry losses.
▼List of designated hotels for the fourth round of quarantine (valid until August 31)▼
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