"Travel Safely by Passenger Ship" Tongyeong City Selects COVID-19 Safe Passenger Shipping Companies

COVID-19 Safe Ship Certification Mark in Tongyeong-si, Gyeongnam. [Image source: Tongyeong-si]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Tongyeong City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 1st that it has selected a COVID-19 Safe Passenger Ferry Operator.

A Safe Passenger Ferry Operator refers to a ferry company certified by the city for excellent quarantine measures, allowing passengers to use the ferry with confidence to promote island tourism.

The selection criteria involve a responsible public official covertly boarding passenger ferries within Tongyeong City to their final destinations to conduct on-site inspections and evaluations of quarantine measures, selecting the ferry operator with the highest score.

In this inspection, Daeil Shipping was selected. This ferry operator runs passenger ferries between Tongyeong Port Passenger Terminal and Yeonhwado, Udo, and Yokjido Islands, operating 5 trips daily (3 trips on weekdays, 5 trips on weekends).

Mayor Kang Seok-ju stated, “We will continue to select ferry operators who strictly comply with quarantine rules, and the designated ferry operators will be promoted through the city’s website and SNS. We hope this system will help ensure safe ferry use and recover the tourism industry economy, which has been depressed due to COVID-19.”

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