Boat takes visitors to Suoi Tien Tourist Area - Thuy Yen Lake in July 2025 |
Hue is a locality with many resources of rivers, streams, seas, and lagoons to develop waterway tourism. To ensure the safety of this tourism activity, proactively building plans to prevent and combat natural disasters is of concern, especially before the peak summer tourist season.
According to Director of the Department of Tourism Tran Thi Hoai Tram, the Department has advised the City People's Committee to issue regulations on the management of beaches, river, lake, stream and waterfall tourism services at recognized locations in Hue City. In Decision No. 53/2023/QD-UBND dated September 27, 2023 of the Hue City People's Committee, the responsibilities of organizations and individuals managing and exploiting beaches are clearly defined, including fully equipped infrastructure, rescue equipment, warning signs, signs, operating regulations and professionally trained staff. Prohibited acts include: swimming while drunk, using unsafe items, encroaching on beach space and bringing inappropriate vehicles into the bathing area.
In addition, the Department also issued documents directing and guiding tourism businesses, accommodation establishments, tourist attractions, and developing disaster response plans and tourist evacuation plans when storms and floods occur according to instructions from the Central and local levels. Coordinate with the Hue City Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue to update and promptly warn of natural disasters to tourist establishments.
The tourism industry and local authorities have also strengthened inspection and supervision. In addition to coordinating with the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to conduct regular inspections on compliance with regulations on tourist destinations such as environment, facilities, security, safety, rescue, and first aid, the local tourism industry has also coordinated and participated in interdisciplinary inspection teams to inspect safety conditions, passenger transport vehicles (especially tourist boats), and rescue equipment. At the same time, tourist destinations are required to post safety regulations, provide adequate life jackets and life buoys, and have rescue staff on duty.
Two tasks that must be regularly implemented are improving the capacity of tourism workers and disseminating, warning, and guiding tourists to tourist destinations and destinations. Every year, the Department of Tourism issues an official dispatch requesting localities to organize training in rescue skills, first aid, and drowning prevention for staff of tourist establishments, tour guides, boat drivers, and service staff at tourist areas. Urge coastal localities to deploy rescue forces and arrange rescue duty at tourist beaches during the summer and stormy season. Require tourist destinations with rivers, lakes, streams, and waterfalls to install warning signs in areas prone to accidents such as rocky beaches, whirlpools, and prohibited bathing areas.
In the task of ensuring safety for tourists, the role of state management agencies and local authorities is not enough, the responsibility of businesses, tourist attractions and tourist awareness is extremely important. Tourism units need to closely monitor weather developments and proactively suspend tourism activities on rivers, lakes, streams and waterfalls when there are warnings of heavy rain and storms. The inspection and supervision of technical conditions of waterway vehicles must be carried out seriously, ensuring full registration, provision of life jackets and not carrying more than the prescribed number of people. Tourist attractions need to arrange a full range of professionally trained rescue forces, have emergency response plans and a clear, easy-to-observe warning system. At the same time, it is necessary to step up propaganda and raise awareness of tourists and service operators about safety.
Tourists also need to comply with the recommendations and fully implement the instructions of the authorities and tourism businesses. From very small things such as wearing life jackets, sitting in the right position when the boat is running, not leaving the safe area... tourists can also partly protect themselves from unexpected risks that may occur.
Article and photos: MINH TAM
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