Foreign diplomats experience Vietnamese traditional New Year at Duong Lam ancient village (Photo: VNA) In the seven days of the holiday, Hanoi welcomed over105,000 visitors with all local tourist destinations and entertainment centres suchas museums, parks, ecotourism sites and resorts recording rise in the quantity.
Bao Son Paradise Park, a complex ofzoo, pool, amusement park, and aquarium, served nearly 20,000visitors, while the Ba Vi National Park also received about 25,000 tourists.
In order to adapt to the new situation, Hanoi has allowedthe reopening of museums, parks, ecotourism sites, resorts and cinemas, as wellas relic sites. From February 16, Huong Pagoda, a popular spiritual touristsite, will open, which is expected to help promotefestival tourism, one of the strengths of the city tourism in festive season during the first months of the year.
Amid the rising demand of tourists, many firms have geared up themselveswith diverse products. Pham Van Bay, Vice Director of Vietravel’s Hanoibranch, said that the firm has built 1-3 day tours for visitors in Hanoi, whileoffering attractive promotion programmes to customers.
Nguyen Tien Dat, General Director of AZA Travel, held thatthe demand for travel will surge in March and April. Apart from destinations inHanoi, tourists often choose nearby destinations such as Tam Chuc Pagoda in HaNam and northwestern mountainous sites such as Sa Pa, Moc Chau, Mai Chau and HaGiang, or warm beaches in Phu Quoc, Phan Thiet, Vung Tau and Nha Trang. Datasserted that this year, the tourism sector will recover and regain its growthspeed.
The Hanoi Tourism Department has worked with relevant agencies, airlines andtravel firms to prepare necessary conditions for the reopening, recovery anddevelopment of the tourism sector. In the first stage, local firms will focus on domesticvisitors before turning to foreign tourists.
This year, Hanoi will focus on developing the domestictourism market, taking it as the motivation for its recovery, while exploiting the international market in a certain roadmap.
In 2022, Hanoi expects 9-10 million visitors, including1.2-2 million foreigners./.
VNA
