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Thursday, October 1, 2020

Kampot will be a smoke-free tourism destination in Cambodia


 Kampot Province: In addition to the rich natural potential, beautiful scenery, rivers, forests, mountains, beaches, along with many fruit plants, especially durian to attract tourists, Kampot City, Kampot Province is moving towards a tourist destination that does not smoke. Ahead.

What makes Kampot a unique tourist destination is expected to attract more eco-tourists to visit the seas and mountains in this cold climate.

Mr. Ney Kong, Deputy Governor of Kampot Province, said that the promotion of tourism and the establishment of a new beach, a new tourism product in the province to attract more tourists to visit even more. "All participants pay attention, listen and participate effectively in order to help create a smoke-free tourism environment in Kampot for the common benefit of all of us."

Making Kampot a unique tourist destination has been underway with the participation of the private sector, which owns restaurants, hotels and other services.

Relevant units have encouraged the good performance of some tourism business establishments in Kampot province by awarding smoke-free environment in tourism and commendation to 30 outstanding tourism service business owners. In implementing this principle of smoke-free environment on September 28, 2020.

The award ceremony was held at the workshop on "Smoke-free Environment in Tourism" with the aim of disseminating the law on tobacco control, legal documents and guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism. Smoke-free environment in tourism to service business owners across the country, as well as help protect the well-being of people in order to reduce the impact on health, economy, society and the environment.

The selection of the best hotels / restaurants that have been awarded the smoke-free environment in the tourism industry is based on the score of the questionnaire, which is designed with the correct criteria indicators according to the law on drug product inspection. Brushes and legal documents under the law, including sub-decrees, proclamations, circulars, instructions.

The main points that the tourism service business community must adhere to are such as posting or banning smoking at the entrance and the appropriate place that can be clearly seen, not displaying or displaying cigarette butts is ordered Do not allow smokers or smokers to smoke tobacco products in prohibited places, do not advertise tobacco products in their premises, in any form, can display ordinary tobacco products Only one package per brand must display or sell only tobacco products with health warning message in pictures and in Khmer language, size 55%, printed on the main surface Both of the tobacco product packages.

Mr. Hor Sarun instructed all traders to adhere to the tourism safety rules set by the Ministry of Tourism during the Kovid-19 crisis, that is, to set up a place to wash hands with soap, alcohol or thermometer. And maintain a better social security gap, as well as provide better hospitality services to be the image of the province, as well as to give confidence to all tourists who come to visit in the province.

Please be reminded that the Ministry of Tourism and Administration of Kampot Province on July 28, 2020, agreed on the initiative to turn Kampot into a smoke-free tourist city by the end of 2021.

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