A view of Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA) He noted the provincialPeople’s Committee has built a plan on tourism recovery and tourist attractionfor the fourth quarter. It has also completed a provisional set of criteria forCOVID-19 safety evaluation for tourism based on which a safe travel model willbe devised to minimise pandemic-related risks to locals and visitors.
Quang Ninh identified safetyand risk control as the prerequisite for the local administration, travelbusinesses, and residents to succeed in implementing the tourism recovery planbecause only when safety is ensured can tourism activities be resumed.
Besides, each tourism serviceprovider must guarantee the best services at reasonable prices for theircustomers on the basis of the province’s travel stimulus policy, according toThuy.
Guided by the provincialadministration and tourism authorities’ orientations, localities in Quang Ninhare taking various measures to stimulate local travel demand.
Many entertainment and resortcomplexes such as Legacy Yen Tu, Vinpearl Ha Long, Tuan Chau international tourismcomplex, FLC Ha Long, Sun World Halong Complex, Premier Village Halong BayResort, and Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh have readied infrastructure, personnel, and planson pandemic safety control to welcome visitors back.
Quang Ninh has designed severalsafe travel models applied to the areas relatively isolated from the mainland suchas Tuan Chau Island; islands of Co To, Van Don, and Hai Ha districts, and MongCai city; along with mountainous communes of Binh Lieu district. It is alsoencouraging night tours on Ha Long Bay that use all-in-one services and do notcause pandemic risks to the community.
To reactivate tourism in the “newnormal”, the People’s Committees of Quang Ninh and neighbouring Hai Phong cityheld a meeting in late September to discuss cooperation in tourism development.
At this event, the two sidesagreed to keep working together to boost tourism, build a coordinationmechanism for managing passenger and tourist transport vehicles on Ha Long andLan Ha bays, and complete a dossier seeking the UNESCO recognition of Ha LongBay - Cat Ba Archipelago as a world natural heritage site.
They are expected to sign aset of regulations on tourism activities, with pandemic safety taken intoaccount, this October so as to reopen this industry.
Since the start of thismonth, Quang Ninh has resumed some local travel activities with COVID-19prevention and control measures carried out seriously. That will providelessons for the province to pilot welcoming visitors from other localities thathave put the pandemic under control, starting November, when all eligibleresidents will have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease.
The provincial administrationalso asked tourism authorities to swiftly work out a master plan on tourismrecovery for 2022 and 2023, when Quang Ninh is reopened to more groups oftravellers.
Quang Ninh is striving to attract 1.9 - 2 milliontravellers and earn 4 - 4.5 trillion VND(175.6 - 197.5 million USD) from tourism services in the fourthquarter of 2021.
The provinceis endowed with natural advantages for sea and island tourism. It has acoastline of more than 250 kilometres and more than 2,000 islands and isletswhich account for two-thirds of the total number in Vietnam.
It is home to popular destinations such as Ha Long Bay, BaiTu Long Bay, Ha Long Bay National Park and some islands.
In particular, Ha Long Bay was recognised twice as a WorldNatural Heritage site by UNESCO, in 1994 and 2000./.
VNA
