A hotel offers free accommodation for health workers in Ho Chi Minh City.
Speaking at a meeting held on July 18, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Department, Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, disclosed that some 20 local hotels are offering 50,000 nights of accommodation and meals for free for people who are participating in anti-Covid-19 activities in the city.
Nearly 100 other hotels are offering discounts of between 30-70 per cent for overseas Vietnamese people and those who are quarantined but are facing financial difficulties," the official added. "Some hotels including Vien Dong, and the Intercontinental are offering thousands of meals for low-income people and frontline workers in locked-down areas. Many travel firms like Vietravel, Saco, and Fiditour are supporting the transportation of patients and doctors."
Hoa praised the support by the local tourism sector in the fight against the pandemic which is causing lots of challenges for people.
A hotel owner in Bui Thi Xuan Street in District 1 has joined in the free hotel programme using all 65 rooms for nearly 200 frontline workers, doctors, and police officers.
"We have facilities, our business has had to be suspended, so I decided to join the programme to support the city against the covid 19 pandemic", the hotel owner, Dinh Quoc Huy said. "We've had more than 100 guests so far."
Luu Nguyen Van, who is an operator of the free hotel programme said, "In this week, we have received more than 1,000 bookings."
