Iranian hoteliers seek corona vaccine
At the meeting of the board of directors of the Iranian Hoteliers Association, it was announced: A company importing the Corona vaccine is supposed to supply the vaccine demanded by hoteliers under a contract.
According to ISNA, after the publication of the corona vaccination schedule based on job and age in May of this year, the head of the Iranian Hoteliers Association protested against not giving priority to employees of the tourism industry, especially hotels, in the corona vaccination and reasons to prioritize hotel industry employees. Enumerated; Among other things, hotel staff are constantly dealing with different people, they serve travelers who stay in hotels for any reason, including medical treatment, administrative missions, and that is, they live in a hotel for a certain period of time. These travelers should feel safe and concerned about the safety of the hotel and the health of its staff. It is clear that hotel staff should be the first to be vaccinated.
Shortly afterwards, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, in response to the demands of tourism activists for vaccination, said that the issue of prioritizing corona vaccination for tourism activists is being pursued by the Ministry of Health and domestic vaccine companies, which could be an effective activity in Preparing the necessary bed for the reception of foreign tourists.
Recently, the head of the e-tourism community in a letter to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, announced its readiness to import 10 million doses of corona vaccine for consumption in the tourism sector with the aim of reviving the industry in Iran.
In this letter, referring to the shortage of vaccines in Iran and the crisis that has gripped the tourism industry, many Iranian citizens travel to neighboring countries to receive vaccines and the goals of these countries for the prosperity of their tourism. It has also been reminded that travelers who plan to travel to Europe or further afield in the future will receive a vaccination card as one of the documents they need. As a result, the e-tourism community is ready to accelerate the increase in the safety of outbound and outbound tourists and tourism and hotel activists to accelerate the prosperity and development of tourism in cooperation with one of the international health tourism holdings in the region, to import 10 million doses of Sputnik vaccine. Rossi has visited the country under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, and at the same time, reminded that the vaccines are injected in cooperation with reputable private hospitals in the country.
The letter from the e-tourism community also states that these vaccines have already been pre-purchased at a reasonable price and will be imported in several stages with the cooperation of medical centers if an import permit is issued at the earliest opportunity. 5 million people will be usable An important part of the vaccine needs of Iranian tourists going abroad and also foreign tourists who enter the country without vaccination and are interested in using the vaccine, in addition to vaccinating members of the tourism industry and will restart the tourism industry. شد.
The Deputy Minister of Tourism also asked the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to consider this request.
Now, the Iranian hoteliers ‘association has proposed in the board meeting that discussions and consultations have been held to vaccinate the employees of the country’s hotels, and at the request of the Iranian hoteliers’ association, the vaccine importing company is to provide corona vaccines to the country’s hotels.
It was also discussed at the meeting that if this planning goes well and the hotels get vaccinated, the next step will be to vaccinate hotel travelers.
Iran’s tourism industry, according to the latest statistics announced by the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism in March 2010, has suffered 22,000 billion tomans from the Corona epidemic virus. On the other hand, the president of the Association of Travel Services Offices has announced the departure of about 50% of tourism professionals following the closure and cessation of travel. According to the Iranian Hotel Owners Association, nearly two-thirds of the hotel staff has been unemployed by March 2010 and more than 14,000 billion tomans have been lost to the country’s hotel industry.
On the other hand, in recent days, the travel of Iranian citizens to Armenia and other countries for vaccination has become more reactive. Armenia, which has so far vaccinated nearly 2 percent of the population, said in a decision that it could inject the surplus of Covid vaccine free of charge into foreign nationals. This move by Armenia has now turned the country into a health tourism hub for Iranians, and the status and form of travel of Iranian citizens to this country, the costs of this trip, and the high tolls for leaving the country have also been controversial. Meanwhile, health and tourism authorities consider Iran as one of the health tourism hubs in the region, and on the other hand, it has been claimed many times that the corona vaccine will be provided to other countries if the Iranian vaccine production line is launched.