Lotte Tour "European Packages Resumed Successfully... After 1 Year and 6 Months"

On the 21st, tourists cheered while looking at the Matterhorn from the Gornergrat Observatory in Switzerland (Photo by Lotte Tour).

First Swiss Package Tour Team Sent from Asian Countries Since COVID-19
"Safe Travel Utilizing Swiss Government Tourism Office's Clean & Safe"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] Lotte Tour Development announced on the 29th that the overseas travel package team, which departed for the first time in 1 year and 6 months since COVID-19, returned on the 26th after completing a trip to Switzerland.

This package involved 12 travelers and 1 tour leader departing on the 19th, using Qatar Airways business class to tour Bern-Gruy?res-Zermatt-Matterhorn-Riederalp-Montreux-St. Gallen-Appenzell in Switzerland over 8 days before returning.

For customer safety, Lotte Tour used Qatar Airways, a 5-star airline recognized for COVID-19 hygiene management, minimized indoor sightseeing during the local itinerary, and arranged most schedules at outdoor tourist sites. They explained that they operated by selecting safer hotels, restaurants, and buses using the Clean & Safe quarantine system implemented by the Swiss Government Tourism Office. To prepare for any unforeseen situations, quarantine hotels were pre-arranged, and Korean-speaking guides capable of interpretation were also prepared.

Currently, Switzerland allows travel without local self-quarantine as long as a negative COVID-19 test certificate is submitted upon entry. If vaccinated in Korea, travelers are exempt from self-quarantine upon return to Korea.

Ki-kyung Kwon, Head of Lotte Tour Travel Business Division, said, "We made thorough preparations for customers' safe travel," adding, "The Swiss package tour is also confirmed to depart in October." Lotte Tour has begun full-scale product sales for Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Guam, and Saipan as vaccination rates increase and travel sentiment gradually recovers.

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