Many localities across the country are making every effort to promote their tourism potential to international markets while stimulating domestic demand in the coming time, with the aim of capitalising on the travel season at the year's end.
Ninety percent of rooms in high-end resorts in Sa Pa, in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, and Phu Quoc Island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have been booked for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays. Most tourism companies in localities that are popular with tourists have resumed operations.
The domestic tourism sector has affirmed its high determination to recover the domestic market with the biggest roundtable forum on tourism of the year, which drew the participation of representatives from over 600 travel firms and management agencies nationwide.
The Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) in Vietnam has stepped up tourism promotion activities to prepare for its reopening to international visitors in the context that COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have been deployed in many countries, including the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam.
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has mobilised resources to promote tourism development, with the aim of turning tourism into a spearhead economic sector by 2030.
A series of cultural and sporting events as well as tourism promotion programmes have been organised in Hanoi as part of the efforts by municipal authorities to attract holiday-makers to the capital, amid the difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A communications campaign themed “Hello Ho Chi Minh City” will run from October to late January to promote the image of a safe and friendly HCM City and stimulate domestic tourism demand.
“Stimulating tourism demand – Experiencing safe, attractive Vietnam” was theme of a conference co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism’s Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and newswire VnExpress in Hanoi on September 24.
Travelling to Con Dao island, a tourism spot off the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, will be made easier after Bamboo Airways launches new direct flights from Hanoi, Hai Phong and Vinh to the island from September 29.
A seminar on enhancing links and cooperation between northern provinces and cities to stimulate post-pandemic tourism demand was held in the north-central province of Ha Tinh on June 5.
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 hotel market in Vietnam this year is expected to face a severe decline in room occupancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will not recover until next year, industry experts have said.
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam has entered a post-social distancing period. The tourism sector has also swiftly come back to life with the launch of unprecedented demand stimulating packages.
Chairman of the central Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee Phan Ngoc Tho has decided to reopen several relic sites and offer free tickets to vistiors during the national Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day.
The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) debuted a tourism demand stimulus alliance on February 21 in an effort to help shore up Vietnam’s tourism industry, which has been strongly affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Measures to stimulate tourism demand were the focus of a conference held on October 22 by the People’s Committee of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.
The much anticipated World Cup 2018, which is due to begin on June 14, is fuelling demand for tours to Russia in Ho Chi Minh City , along with sales of TV sets and related goods.
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