Travel companies and tourism management agencies have pursued their own management solutions, including speeding up application of digital technology to save themselves amid difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 20 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City have offered free accommodation and meals to medical workers involving in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, with about 50,000 room nights, reported the municipal Tourism Department on July 19.
Tourism firms are speeding up digital transformation to better adapt to the circumstances in the pandemic through switching to new models and methods of business administration and operation, while creating novel and unique products.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has called on local travel companies to actively implement promotional programmes and plans to lure tourists now that COVID-19 has been largely brought under control.
Experts said that in order to stimulate demand for tourism there needs to be not only an affordable range of products and services in the sector but that these products and services also need to be of the highest quality, particularly when set against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Many travel companies said domestic tourism is recovering quickly, and even a number of tours for the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and the May Day holidays have been fully booked.
2020 was a year full of upheavals for Vietnamese travel companies due to the emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19. They are now entering a new battle – recovering from long-term effects of the pandemic.
It’s fair to say that 2020 was a challenging year for Vietnam’s tourism sector, but it wasn’t an unmitigated disaster. Analysts have said that COVID-19 created a turning point for both local and international tourism, requiring travel companies study and craft a new future for their business.
It’s fair to say that 2020 was a challenging year for Vietnam’s tourism sector, but it wasn’t an unmitigated disaster. Analysts have said that COVID-19 created a turning point for both local and international tourism, requiring travel companies study and craft a new future for their business.
The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the global economy and travel companies are among the worst hit. Vietnamese travel companies are adjusting their business strategies and promoting digital transformation to recover and grow.
As the resurgence of COVID-19 in Vietnam has been basically brought under control, the tourism sector in the capital city of Hanoi has been swiftly making plans to attract visitors again and gradually return to previous levels of growth.
People nationwide will enjoy a one-day holiday on September 2 to celebrate the country’s National Day and safe holidays are the order of the day amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some 90-95 percent of the travel companies in HCM City have suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the municipal Department of Tourism reported on August 24.
Tourism is among the sectors hit hardest by COVID-19 and many travel companies have adopted measures to retain customers and create momentum for their post-pandemic recovery.
The government’s relief and credit packages are now vital to help Ho Chi Minh City’s travel companies survive the coronavirus crisis, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa has said.
After three months free of COVID-19, the return of the pandemic has forced many localities to close their tourist sites again, and travel businesses have to join hands in dealing with the crisis.
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