Restaurants in Cua Lo are ready to serve tourists.

Along with the preparations to welcome tourists during the opening week of the tourist season, such as urban beautification, renovating infrastructure systems, ensuring environmental sanitation, an indispensable thing to ensure a successful tourist season is the preparation of locations.food business.

Checking the preparations of restaurants. Photo: Tien Dong

In Nghi Hoa ward, the place once associated with the famous saying "eat in Cua Hoi, wade in Cua Lo", to serve the tourist season, food and seafood sources have been prepared by businesses in advance.

Mr. Tran Duc, owner of a restaurant in Nghi Hoa ward, said: Since the Covid-19 epidemic appeared, restaurant businesses along the coast have encountered many difficulties. When they heard that the tourist season started early, from the end of March, businesses began to renovate their restaurants, invest in tanks for storing fresh seafood, redecorate the lighting system, and especially invest in many new dishes to serve the culinary needs of tourists.

Preparing food at a restaurant in Cua Lo Town. Photo: Duc Anh

Mr. Duc also said that, in addition to the types ofseafoodSupplied by local fishermen, his restaurant also goes to Thanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, and all the way to Phu Yen to buy seafood.

Currently, Nghi Hoa ward has about 30 households running restaurants and food businesses. Mr. Le Anh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the ward People's Committee said that when there was a policy to reopen tourism, the ward thoroughly instructed each household running a food business to ensure a clean and beautiful business environment, ensuring food hygiene and safety. The ward also required business households to redecorate the LED lighting system, advertising signs, ensuring the urban landscape of the sea.

Many restaurants have prepared fresh seafood to meet the culinary needs of tourists. Photo: Tien Dong

According to the synthesis of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town, there are about 260 kiosks and restaurants in the area, not to mention hotels and motels that also have kitchens to serve the needs of tourists.

According to estimates, during the Hung Kings' death anniversary holidays and the opening of Cua Lo tourist season, the amount of seafood consumed each day is up to 10 tons.

Fresh seafood has been imported by restaurant owners and is ready to serve tourists. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Vo Van Hung - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Cua Lo Town said: To ensure a safe tourist season, demonstrating the hospitality of the coastal town, right from the first days of the year, the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee of Cua Lo Town have directed departments, offices, units, and People's Committees of wards to deploy measures and solutions to urge and promote the implementation of the 2022 tourism plan, strengthen state management of tourism, including price management.

A price list of dishes is posted by the restaurant right in front of the reception desk. Photo: Tien Dong

In addition, Cua Lo Town has also issued a directive on strictly managing the prices of services and tourism in the area in accordance with current regulations. Ensuring the rights of organizations and individuals participating in tourism and service businesses and customers visiting and relaxing in the town. Strictly prohibiting the situation of taking advantage of the time when many tourists come to raise or force prices, affecting the town's tourism brand. Restaurants and food and beverage kiosks must publicly post price lists so that diners can know and choose.

Grilled fish on charcoal, an attractive dish of Cua Lo during the tourist season. Photo: Duc Anh

Mr. Hung also said that the town has also requested the departments, agencies, and sectors at the city level, and the Bac Vinh Tax Department to strengthen inspection and strictly control the compliance with legal regulations on prices, declaration, price posting, and selling at the correct listed price. For items whose prices have been regulated by the state, it is not allowed to list prices that are not at the prescribed price level and price range.

"If any violation is reported by tourists, it will be strictly handled according to the law. The town also recommends that tourists should follow the posted price list when buying and selling goods. If any restaurant or hotel sells goods at a higher price than the listed price, it will be named on the radio and television system," Mr. Hung emphasized.