Terrace fields in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang (Photo: VNA)
HCMCity (VNA) – Tourism associations in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang city and the provinces of KhanhHoa, Ha Giang and Phu Yen gathered at a cooperation programme held in HCM Cityon July 18 to promote local tourism.
Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association Nguyen Thi Khanhsaid the tourism sector and businesses have a common goal of stimulatingdomestic tourism in the face of complicated COVID-19 developments.
The programme will help connect travel firms to develop tourism betweenlocalities in the Northern, Central and Southern regions, she added.
Theparticipating associations will support businesses to popularise destinationsand new tourism products, according to Khanh.
The tourism sector is makingconcerted efforts to recover after a stagnant stage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,focusing on promoting domestic travel while preparing to welcome foreignarrivals.
The Vietnam Tourism Association is running a nationwide "Vietnam – a bright destination" programme that lasts from May 15 until the end of the year. It aims at stimulatingdemand while ensuring safety for visitors, reducing prices but sustainingservice quality or keeping prices unchanged but adding more services.
Many popular tour providers, such as Saigontourist,Vietrantour, Vietravel, and Hanoi Redtours have joined the programme by launchingnumerous packages with discounts of up to 40 percent that targets travellinggroups of at least six members and flying with Vietnam Airlines.
2019 is considered a successful year for Vietnam's tourism. The country was ranked seventh among the world’s20 fastest growing travel destinations,according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). In the year, the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam increasedby 16.2 percent year-on-year to 18million.
In 2020, Vietnam aims to attract 20.5million international visitors and 90 million domestic ones. However, thistarget is unlikely to achieve due to the serious impact of COVID-19, which hasbeen largely brought under control at home but is still developingcomplicatedly in other countries./.
