At the meeting (Photo: VNA)The ministry should coordinate with core travelfirms to form key routes connecting localities, the official said at ameeting of the State Steering Committee for Tourism in Hanoi which assessed theimplementation of tourism recovery solutions.
He ordered restarting heritage digitalisation withthe participation of travel enterprises to promote new tourism products.
Regarding electricity prices for tourism servicesand lodging facilities, Dam, also head of the Committee, asked the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade (MoIT) to submit a plan on power price adjustment to thePrime Minister before application.
The MCST, travel associations and firms shouldpropose specific tax and land incentives, he said.
Minister Nguyen Van Hung reported that sinceearly this year, the sector served nearly 72 million domestic tourists and 733,000foreign visitors, raking in about 316 trillion VND (13.5 billion USD).
The number of new travel firms and those resuming their operation reached 3,623, both domestic and foreign, and up to 90% oflodging facilities restored operation.
However, the minister said, the domestic tourismsector has been facing the pressure of rising service prices, a staffing crunchfor lodging facilities and services, and the competition in visa granting,among other obstacles.
Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu TheBinh stressed that to ensure sustainable tourism recovery post COVID-19,measures, including personnel training, should be taken to ramp up internationaltourism.
Regarding the implementation of the Politburo’sResolution No. 08-NQ-TW on developing tourism into an economic spearhead andthe Government’s Resolution No. 103/NQ-CP on the action programme deployingResolution No.08, Hung emphasised the need to remove obstacles to exit-entry,transit and stay of foreign visitors.
The key to attracting foreign holiday-makers lieswith facilitating e-visa issuance, the minister said.
The Ministry of Public Security said it grantede-visas to citizens from 80 countries and territories and offered visasexemption to travelers from 25 others./.
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