Quang Ninh, Phuket discuss post-pandemic tourism recovery
Quang Ninh (VNA) – A teleconference was held on September 22 to
discuss post-pandemic cooperation between Vietnam’s the northern province of
Quang Ninh and Thailand’s Phuket, especially in re-opening tourism markets.
Speaking at the event, Director of the Representative Office of the Tourism
Authority of Thailand in Vietnam Ratiwan Boonprakong introduced the “Phuket
Sandbox” programme which aims to prevent COVID-19 transmission between
tourists and local residents.
From July 1 to August 29, the programme welcomed over 25,800
visitors spending 450,806 nights and travelling to Phuket on 283 chartered
flights, mostly from the US, UK, Israel, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates
and Switzerland.
Director of the Quang Ninh provincial Tourism Department Pham Ngoc Thuy
suggested Thailand continue creating favourable conditions for Udon Thani
province to effectively carry out an action plan within the framework of tourism
cooperation in the heritage triangle of Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, Thailand’s Ban
Chiang and Laos’ Luang Prabang, as well as help Quang Ninh’s tourism sector
explore opportunities and promote destinations.
He also proposed the two local tourism sectors establish an information sharing
mechanism and study building a suitable tourism cooperation model.
Quang Ninh officially resumed its intra-provincial tourism from September 21 and
plans to welcome back visitors from other localities without local transmissions within 14
days, in the last two months of this year. They are required to be fully
vaccinated and take Realtime-PCR tests within 48 hours./.