2,000 tourists cancel to Ly Son due to bad weather

On the afternoon of April 28, Ms. Pham Thi Huong, Chairman of the District People’s Committee Ly Son, shows the number of tourists canceling the tour according to the district’s statistics from the number of retail guests and group guests canceling tickets and bookings due to forecast rain and rough seas. Tourists move places to go on holidays, affecting accommodation owners and services.

Owner of a homestay in Be Island, Mr. Dang Van Sam, said that this week, 18 guests who booked their accommodation had been canceled, only 2 guests could come. “Holidays are quieter than weekdays,” he said. Until this afternoon, Ly Son island was still sunny and the sea was calm.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on April 30, the South Central Coast (including Quang Ngai) showers and thunderstorms, with moderate to heavy rain locally. From 1 to 3/5, the area continues to rain moderately, with heavy rain in places.

At 13:00 this afternoon, a saint-shaped low pressure area over the East Sea, likely to become a tropical depression, in the middle and south of the East Sea, there may be strong showers, possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of 7-8. , sea waves are 1.5-2.5 m high.

The Port Management Board and the Quang Ngai Inland Waterway Authority said that they will stop vehicles from the mainland to Ly Son island when the wind is level 6. Currently, Sa Ky Port has not canceled the route from Sa Ky to Ly Son island.

Ly Son is the outpost island of Quang Ngai, the homeland of the Hoang Sa Navy. The island has many beautiful landscapes from million-year-old volcanic deposits. In the years before the epidemic, the island welcomed about 15,000 guests on the holidays of April 30 and May 1.