A corner of Cat Ba island in Hai Phong province (Photo: VNA)Hai Phong (VNA) – The imminent loss of tourism revenue due to thecoronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic has prompted the tourism sector in thenorthern port city of Hai Phong to outline plans to recover local tourism afterthe epidemic ends.
The tourism sector will continue with tourism promotional activities, includingparticipating in a travel fair in Thai Binh province and the VietnamInternational Travel Mart Hanoi 2020, as well as signing a tourism cooperationdeal with the capital city.
Besides, it will complete a project to develop and manage Hai Phong tourismbrand by 2025 with vision until 2030, while outlining a scheme on tourismdevelopment in tandem with agriculture and new-style rural area building.
A travel guide book for Hai Phong and publications to popularise local tourismwill be also published soon.
The city currently has 502 lodging facilities with 11,806 rooms. Particularly, afive-star hotel together with luxury cruise service provided by Vingroup havecast a new look for the local tourism infrastructure.
In the first two months of the year, the city served over one million tourists,including more than 121,200 foreigners, a year-on-year decrease of 0.2 percentand 9.8 percent, respectively, under the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.
According to head of Cat Hai district’s culture, sports and tourism bureau VuTien Lap, the number of arrivals to Cat Ba district fell significantly,particularly those from Asian nations.
During January-February, 172,500 travellers spent their holidays on Cat Baisland, equivalent to only 78.4 percent of the number recorded in the same timelast year, he said.
With a wide range of new tourism products, including the high-end Flamingo CatBa resort complex, slated to be launched soon, Cat Ba island expects to welcomemore tourists during the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1)holidays./.
VNA
