By order of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova, uniform rules for anti-epidemic and sanitary measures in tourist sites are introduced on the occasion of the upcoming summer season 2021.
The aim is for all tourist destinations to introduce the same practices to ensure the health and safety of tourists, and for Bulgaria to protect its status as a healthy and safe destination.
The measures for the summer tourist season 2021 are in line with the anti-epidemic measures, incl. and the temporary anti-epidemic measures, by orders of the Minister of Health and are obligatory for application by all persons carrying out activity in the tourist sites, which are sites with public purpose in the sense of the Health Act, commercial sites or other sites.
During the summer tourist season 2021, the Guidelines for the operation of accommodation (MN) and catering and entertainment establishments (ZHR) adjacent to them or independent in the conditions of COVID-19, of the Ministry of Tourism, which comply with the guidelines, are also observed. and the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Center for Infection Prevention and Control and Commission Communication COVID-19.
The measures must be observed in all types of tourism: sea, mountain, cultural, health (balneo, spa, wellness, medical), rural, wine, eco, congress, children and youth, adventure, sports, hunting, golf and other tourism.
The package has been agreed with the Ministry of Health and is published on the website of the Ministry of Tourism. If necessary, the measures will be changed or supplemented depending on the epidemic situation.
The measures cover the activities of accommodation and catering establishments adjacent to them or on their own, as well as the procedures in case of suspicion of coronavirus infection in a guest at the accommodation and the procedure for transfer of tourists and organized tourist packages by bus. transportation.
The rules also regulate the use of guarded sea beaches, where a physical distance of at least 1.5 m between individual beachgoers must be observed.
In the free beach areas every 20 sq. M it is allowed to accommodate 2 people or up to the number of members of one family. One umbrella is allowed to use up to 2 people or up to the number of members of one family. For the paid zones for every 20 sq. M it is allowed to place 1 umbrella, ie in a minimum of 8 m, and it is permissible to use up to 2 people or up to the number of members of one family on one umbrella.
The rules prepared by us come into force on May 1, and until then the tourism business must introduce all these innovations, said Deputy Prime Minister Mariana Nikolova.
Together with the Ministry of Health we have submitted and plan priority vaccination of all employees in the sector, she added. According to her, at the moment out of approximately 150 thousand people working in the tourism sector – 82 thousand have stated that they want to be vaccinated.
The full package of measures can be found at the following address: https://www.tourism.government.bg/bg/kategorii/covid-19/pravila-za-prilagane-na-protivoepidemichni-merki-v-turisticheskite-obekti-prez
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