Tourists at Nha Trang Bay in Khanh Haa province. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The central coastalprovince of Khanh Hoa plans to gradually revive domestic travel starting in thefourth quarter and reopen to international tourism in the first quarter of nextyear.
Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, deputy director of the provincialDepartment of Tourism, said the tourism supply chain in Khánh Hòa has remainedin operation during the second wave of COVID-19 since the province is notconsidered to be at high risk.
The province would focus on drawing domestic tourists back inthe fourth quarter of the year and next year as the COVID-19 pandemic comesunder control in Vietnam, she said.
Expats living in Vietnam are also potential foreign touristsfor the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, she said.
The department plans to resume its domestic travel stimulusprogramme and introduce new MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences andexhibitions) and leisure travel packages to attract family and friendgroups from Hanoi, HCM City, the Mekong Delta, and the Central Highlands.
It will collaborate with Cam Ranh International AirportServices JSC and airlines to carry out communication and marketing activitiesand an international travel stimulus programme to prepare for internationaltourism next year.
It plans to organise an online market for internationaltravel agencies and Khánh Hòa tourism services providers to holdexchanges.
The tourism authority hopes to welcome 350,000 visitors inthe fourth quarter, including 10,000 foreigners.
The province received nearly 986,000 visitors in the firsteight months of the year, just a fifth of the number last year, and revenuesfrom tourism were worth 6.02 trillion VND (258.5 million USD), or a fourth.
Hotels reported a room occupancy rate of just 13 percent thisyear./.
VNA
