As tourism recovers in the new normal after the lifting of pandemic- related restrictions, self-organised tours bypassing travel agency services have emerged as a rising trend, a local report says.
The best time to visit Cu Lao Xanh (Green Island) in the south-central province of Binh Dinh, is from March to the end of summer. The island attracts much interest from visitors thanks to its pristine natural beauty and the over 100-year-old lighthouse.
In preparation for an International Hot Air Balloon Festival slated for late March in the northern province of Tuyen Quang, Ballooning Media Co. Ltd held a rehearsal on February 12 and 13 in the locality.
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has set a target of welcoming four million visitors and grossing over VND15,000 billion from tourism activities throughout 2022.
Herbal medicines in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have helped to attract more tourists to the locality.
A number of localities, including Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, and Phu Quoc, are ready to welcome hundreds of tourists from Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) over the next few days.
Vietnamese tourists can experience a trip to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from now to December 6 at the Lotte Center, Hanoi, through a programme hosted by the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO).
Visitors’ concerns and worries about the safety of Vietnam as a destination amidst the Covid-19 pandemic can be swept away thanks to an application which will be launched on October 10 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
Some 70% of tourists intend to resume traveling by the fourth quarter of 2020, while a quarter of travelers are willing to spend over VND2 million per night at hotels on their personal trips and less on business trips, according to a traveler survey conducted in the midst of Vietnam’s second wave of Covid-19 infections by Indochina Capital and Wink Hotels.
The Department of Tourism of Da Nang, in cooperation with Vietnam Airlines, will host the first tourists to visit the central city after the resurgence of COVID-19 in late July.
Hanoi has set itself a target to greet 35-39 million tourists by 2025, including 8-9 million foreigners, earning about 151 trillion VND (6.53 billion USD), under the city’s recently-launched tourism development strategy with a view to 2030.
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is providing visitors with various tourist products and attractive offers in response to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s stimulus programme for domestic tourism.