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Tourism market hoped to recover in summer

The tourism market is expected to recover this summer after the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Tourism market hoped to recover in summer ảnh 1Ben Thanh market in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The tourism marketis expected to recover this summer after the outbreak of the acute respiratorydisease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Tours to popular destinations at home and abroadsuch as southwestern and northern provinces, Thailand, Bali (Indonesia), the Maldives,India, the Republic of Korea, Japan and European countries have been reserved.

Deputy general director of the low-cost airlineVietjet Air Nguyen Thanh Son said communications is important to promotetourism programmes at home and abroad.

Head of the sale and marketing department atVietnam Airlines Nguyen Dang Cuong said along with raising public awareness ofCOVID-19 prevention, promoting tourism is one of the solutions to support thesector’s recovery in the coming time.

The national flag carrier will carry out onlineregistration for tourism promotion programmes for businesses, he said, addingthat the airline will coordinate with enterprises to build a maximum discountof 50 percent, depending on the needs of travellers.

Vietnam greeted over 18 million internationaltourists in 2019, the highest level so far, according to the General StatisticsOffice.

The number showed a year-on-year rise of 16.2percent. Tourists from Asia made up 79.9 percent of the total, up 19.1 percent,Europe up 6.4 percent, America up 7.7 percent, and Africa 12.2 percent.

In 2019, Vietnam was honoured with globalprestigious prizes such as the World Golf Awards, the World TravelAwards, and Asia’s Best Destination.

Vietnam’s tourism competitiveness hascontinuously improved, standing 63th among 140 economies in the World EconomicForum rankings./.


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