Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau (Visit Raleigh) COVID-19 Response and Helpful Resources

Updated May 23, 2020, 10am
 

North Carolina is currently under a “Safer-at-Home” order and is in Phase 2 of its reopening plan. The "Safer-at-Home" Phase 2 runs through at least Fri., June 26.
 

What is NOT allowed under the "Safer-at-Home" order:

• Bars and nightclubs remain closed.
• Movie theaters, museums, bowling alleys, amusement parks, arcades and skating rinks remain closed.
• Bingo parlors and other gaming establishments remain closed.
• The following facilities that operate within an indoor space remain closed: spas, exercise facilities, gyms, fitness studios, martial arts facilities, dance studios, trampoline and rock-climbing facilities, roller skating rinks, ice staking rinks and basketball courts.
• Gatherings of more than 10 indoors/25 outdoors are prohibited. This includes meeting and event venues, amphitheaters, sporting venues and arenas, groups at beaches and groups at parks.
• Social distancing (6 feet apart from others) must be practiced while in public.
• It is strongly recommended, but not required, that a cloth face covering of the nose and mouth should be worn when you leave your house and may be within 6 feet of other people who are not household and family members. This would include indoor community, public and business settings as well as outdoors when you cannot stay at least 6 feet away from other people.

What IS allowed under the "Safer-at-Home" order:

• Dining at/in restaurants (can operate at 50% capacity with cleaning and social distancing requirements).
• Enjoying a drink at/in a brewery, brewpub, brewery taproom, winery or distillery (can operate at 50% capacity with cleaning and social distancing requirements).
• Visiting a personal care, grooming, massage or tattoo business (can operate at 50% capacity with cleaning and social distancing requirements).
• Shopping at retail businesses (can operate at 50% capacity with cleaning and social distancing requirements).
• Going to an indoor or outdoor pool (can operate at 50% capacity with cleaning and social distancing requirements).
• Visiting a local park, greenway or nature preserve while practicing social distancing.
• Attending a day or overnight camp (with public health requirements).
• Gathering together for social purposes, so long as they do not exceed the mass gathering limit of 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
• Holding a wedding ceremony or funeral ceremony without gathering limits. However, receptions or visitations before or after weddings and funerals are subject to the mass gathering limit of 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
• Holding a worship, religious or spiritual gathering without gathering limits.

North Carolina has a three-phase plan to reopen the state and restore businesses and ease travel restrictions. For an overview of the current phase and next phase, see below.

As the official destination organization for Raleigh, N.C., we have the well-being of all visitors and residents of Wake County as our highest priority. We have been and will continue to gather information working with local, state and national agencies and encourage the traveling public to follow any guidance offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local public health authorities.

We appreciate the aggressive response to COVID-19 by federal, state and local officials and are hopeful the collective effort will continue to keep the risk of COVID-19 in Wake County to a minimum, restoring quality of life and commerce as soon as is safe.

For more information, visit the state of North Carolina’s COVID-19 page and see their FAQ page.

Follow the links below to find helpful resources, plus ways to help the hospitality industry in Wake County.