(TITC) - As a top destination and one of the first localities to implement the pilot plan to welcome international tourists in November 2021, Khanh Hoa Province has been currently preparing the tourism development plan in 2022 for the reopening of tourism as well as actively promoting the recovery of the country's tourism.
Source: Vinpearl
According to a report of Khanh Hoa Province previously, in the last 3 months of 2021, the province welcomed nearly 122,000 visitor arrivals, including nearly 4,600 international visitors. Especially, during the Lunar New Year holiday, Khanh Hoa Province welcomed about 98,600 visitor arrivals, in which there were 95,600 domestic visitor arrivals and 3,000 international visitor arrivals; room capacity rate of tourist accommodations reached more than 72% and the total tourism receipts was about VND524,3 billion.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Director of Department of Tourism of Khanh Hoa Province stated that most of the tourism businesses in the province including hotels, travel agents, transportation, restaurants, and entertainment establishments have reopened currently. More than 40,000 rooms out of 52,000 rooms, mainly in the 3- to 5-star segment, have been ready to serve tourists. Therefore, Khanh Hoa Province can widely welcome tourists during the upcoming peak season without any struggles.
Besides efforts to restore the local tourism industry, Khanh Hoa Province has long taken many timely measures to support tourists and protect the local tourism environment; in the near future, the Province will uphold tourism promotion and stimulus with the slogan “Touch the heart” to leave the most impressive memory to visitors and maintain the reputation as a safe, quality, attractive and friendly destination, she added.
Additionally, after a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Khanh Hoa tourism industry has organised inspection teams to review tourist facilities and made adjustment plan in order to limit and reduce inspections that are not really necessary and changed the method from pre-inspection to post-inspection to remove difficulties for businesses. Khanh Hoa Tourism Department has also given detailed instructions for businesses to welcome guests safely and effectively.
In 2022, the domestic tourist market will play a key role in the recovery of Khanh Hoa's tourism industry. The province would achieve the set target of welcoming more than 1.2 million visitors, including 1,160,000 domestic and 40,000 international arrivals. Therefore, Khanh Hoa Province will strengthen the implementation of media activities, promotion, and stimulus to attract tourists. Mrs. Thanh affirmed that Khanh Hoa tourism industry is ready and confident in achieving its goal for 2022.
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