Since the beginning of August, more than 100 tourists have been infected on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Most foreign tourists realize this at the end of the holiday when they take the test to return home. Thus, foreigners have to look for a place for 14 days of isolation.
In early August, a 19-year-old Swedish tourist took a COVID-19 test before returning home. The test was positive, and because the young man organized his vacation on his own, he had to find a place for the time of quarantine. The boy was lucky because he was offered a hotel room at the expense of the institution.
“We all have children, and if my child is abroad and something similar happens to her, I will die if I find out he has nowhere to go. We found a doctor who came and examined him. Suddenly he had to be under medical supervision, but he was a very disciplined and well-mannered boy and did not even try to leave his room, “said Stella Deyanova, owner of the Golden Sands resort hotel.
Tourists who organize their own vacation, need to find a place to live in quarantine.
“Individual tourists are already looking for a place where you can carry out home insulation yourself. If they can’t find it, they turn to their embassies, ”added CCA Yankova, Secretary General of RHI-Varna.
When organizing the stay of tourists, the tour operator will take care of them if they get sick COVID-19.
“To issue additional vouchers for stay, if the insurance has such an obligation with tourists, or to establish a connection between the insurer and the hotel owner, and the tourist, if there is no such insurance, he is obliged and responsible for additional nights”, – Stoyka Terzieva added. Hotel in the resort “Sunny Beach”.
According to the requirements, each hotel must have a room to accommodate tourists who are ill with COVID-19. It should be as far away from other rooms as possible. As it looks in this case.
“We carried out a complete disinfection of the elevator, handles, wherever he was. After registration, he did not leave for 14 days. His inventory includes disposable gloves and masks, ”said hotel owner Pavych Kosiv.
When hotels are isolated tourists, control is exercised by their employees. All others are the responsibility of the sanitary inspection and the police.