Nghe An: No business has been granted an extension to operate jet skis.

Conference scene. Photo: Khac Giang

Although their operating licenses have not been renewed, jet ski businesses are planning to put their jet skis into business. Therefore, in this meeting, the leaders of Cua Lo town requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the police, the Urban Order Management Team, the Disaster Prevention and Rescue Center, the People's Committees of the wards and related units to immediately meet with businesses to propagate that if they do not have an extended operating license from the province, they are not allowed to take their jet skis to the sea to carry passengers. If any business deliberately violates, the functional units are required to handle it seriously based on Circular 17.

Tourists jet ski on Cua Lo beach. Photo: Archive

It is known that during the 2017 tourist season, Cua Lo has 2 businesses with 12 jet skis operating to pick up guests.

Jet skiing activities at Cua Lo beach have contributed to enriching entertainment services for tourists. However, due to businesses not complying with state regulations, many problems have arisen such as: Jet ski drivers weaving into areas with many tourists swimming, soliciting and inviting guests, causing danger to beachgoers; Noise and dust caused by jet skis pollute the environment...

Also during last year's tourist season, the town People's Committee made a record of temporarily impounding 12 jet ski vehicles and issued an administrative fine of 40 million VND because the above jet ski businesses violated state regulations.

The conference on the implementation of management, inspection and handling of jet skis also contributed comments on a number of issues related to this work such as: regulations on the operation of the interdisciplinary inspection team for jet ski service activities; Issues on inspection and punishment of jet skis when they violate...