Vietnam officially resumes tourism activities

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province, home to UNESCO-recognised Ha Long Bay, on March 22 held a ceremony to officially announce Vietnam’s tourism reopening.
Vietnam officially resumes tourism activities ảnh 1At the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province,home to UNESCO-recognised Ha Long Bay, on March 22 held a ceremony toofficially announce Vietnam’s tourism reopening.

MoCST Deputy Minister Hoang Dao Cuong said to make thetourism reopening effective, enterprises should coordinate to renew theirproducts and offer new ones satisfying clients’ demand that is changing afterthe COVID-19 pandemic.

He also suggested businesses focus on such products asluxury leisure tourism, eco-tourism, community-based tourism, adventuretourism, sports tourism and medical tourism, in order to achieve the target ofwelcoming over 5 million international visitors this year and create momentumfor the coming years.

Regarding markets, he said attention should be paid tothose showing quick, strong, sustainable recovery like Germany, Spain, the UK,France, Australia, the US, India, the Middle East and others near SoutheastAsia.

Apart from restoring international flights andfrequency, carriers need to open more air routes to major markets, he said,asking travel firms and airlines step up coordination in building quality tourpackages and provide updates on immigration regulations and pandemic preventionand control measures for passengers.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen TuongVan expressed his hope that the MoCST, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs andairlines will soon implement tourism promotion programmes in key markets.

Quang Ninh and other localities are ready to join suchprogrammes, contributing to promoting the land and people of Vietnam tointernational friends, he affirmed.

The northern province is striving to serve over 10million holidaymakers this year, of whom 1.5 million are foreigners, and earnsome 21 trillion VND (918.13 million USD) from the sector.

At the end of the first quarter of this year, thelocality welcomed around 2 million tourists.

Other tourist localities like Da Nang and Ho Chi MinhCity also affirmed their efforts to boost the domestic tourism sector.

Within the framework of the event, the Quang Ninhprovince People’s Committee, Vietnam Airlines and Sun Group signed acooperation agreement on tourism stimulation./.
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