2024 is expected to be a good year for Vietnam's tourism sector as positive signals have been seen in many destinations such as Phu Quoc, Tay Ninh and Da Nang right from the beginning of the year.
The world’s largest travel site TripAdvisor has revealed that its Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best 2023 honours Hoi An ancient city and Ho Chi Minh City in its “Trending Destinations” category.
Hanoi has been honoured in two categories of the Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best 2023 by TripAdvisor – the world's largest travel guidance platform.
To help people feel the pulse of travel in 2024, one of the world's leading online travel platforms, Booking.com, has announced global booking trends to share the top trending domestic destinations for Vietnamese travelers this year based on booking data from the platform.
Vietnam’s inbound tourism market is poised for a robust recovery this year, building on the significant achievements in 2023 and bolstered by government support.
The People’s Committee of Quang Binh province has recently approved the Tu Lan Cave exploration tourism project in Minh Hoa district’s Tu Lan forest area. The project will receive investment of 25 billion VND (more than 1 million USD) and is expected to cater to 10,000-12,000 domestic and foreign tourists each year.
The US-based multinational news channel CNN has praised the newly opened Kiss Bridge on Phu Quoc Island, describing it as a new selfie hotspot where couples can share a romantic moment against the Vietnamese sunset.
Despite its initial positive recovery steps, the domestic tourism sector is expected to face many challenges in 2024 given global volatility, experts have said.
Possessing unique tourism products with both distinctions and similarities, the south-central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa have favourable conditions for collaborating in tourism development.
Da Nang is keeping efforts towards sustainable tourism recovery in 2024, and wedding tourism is identified as an important product helping this central city build a new tourism brand.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is striving to become a “green paradise”, with the attraction of leading high-end resort-eco-healthcare-sport tourism centres in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh served 170,000 visitors during the New Year holiday (December 30, 2023 – January 1, 2024), up 60% year-on-year.