Ho Chi Minh City welcomed nearly 130 tourists from the US on April 8 under a tour organised by Citslinc International Inc in collaboration with Asia Life and Beauty Travel and Tour Services Co., Ltd.
An estimated 18 million international tourists visited Vietnam in 2019, but their spending in the country remained low, which is a challenge to the tourism sector. Night-time services and products could be the key answer to the issue.
Vietnam welcomed 49,200 foreign tourists in the first two months of 2022, representing a year-on-year surge of 71.7 percent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on February 28.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has announced that it will re-open a number of tourist sites such as the Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi), and Minh Mang, Tu Duc and Khai Dinh mausoleums to visitors on October 1.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is preparing for a pilot plan on welcoming international tourists with vaccine passports to its Phu Quoc resort island for six months from October in a bid to revive its tourism industry.
Hanoi is striving for over 15 million domestic tourists in 2021, equal to 70 percent of that in 2019 and but two times higher than that in 2020, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Domestic holiday-makers coming to the capital city in May numbered 115,000, a steep decrease of 55.3 percent year-on-year due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.
Over 1.1 million domestic holiday-makers visited the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh in November 2020, doubling the figure reported in the previous month.
Vietnamese authorities are working to resume international flights in an attempt to help the aviation industry get a good recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has clobbered the sector from the outset of the year.
The Department of Tourism of the south-central province of Binh Dinh on May 22 held a tourism promotion programme, aiming to attract more domestic visitors after social distancing measures were eased.
The northern midland province of Vinh Phuc welcomed over 15.5 million tourists between 2017 and 2019, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
New-general tourists are those who love, respect and show their responsibility for the environment. Therefore, there is a growing trend that vacationers explore special culture and intact ecosystem.
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa served more than 5.6 million holiday-makers between January and September, reeling in 32 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) in total.
The central province of Nghe An is stepping up tourism promotion to fulfill the target of welcoming about 6.5 million tourists in 2019, including 145,000 foreigners.
The first ever Vietnam Travel Fest 2019 will take place at Aeon Mall in Long Bien district, Hanoi, from March 15 to 17, offering travel enthusiasts with abundant promotions.
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