The new cabin car system is applied in the early of 2020 that attracts lots of visitors to Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh province. Tourists enjoy taking pictures at this new spot (Photo: baotintuc.vn)Companies and local governments have focused on promoting domestic travel bycreating new itineraries that include local attractions.
Tay Ninh province has worked with tourist companies by reducing electricitybills for accommodation, tourist procedure fees, and other services.
Last year, Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain (Tay Ninh) attracted 4.7 millionguests, accounting for 87 percent compared to 2019. New cable car stations wereofficially completed at the beginning of 2020.
The number of tourists visiting Ba Den Mountain also increased thanks to thefrequent promotions and discounts.
Ba Ria - Vung Tau province welcomed 10.8 million guests in 2020, down 30 percentcompared to 2019. The number of international tourists was 180,000, down byabout 65 percent year on year.
However, according to Nguyen Van Dung, chief of the sales department of the4-star Malibu hotel in Vung Tau, said that despite the coronavirus crisis, thehotel’s revenue in 2020 was still acceptable, and was even higher compared tothe same period last year for MICE services (Meetings, incentives,conferencing, exhibitions).
Vung Tau is one of many provinces that have been less affected than others.
Many tourist companies and hotels have created numerous discounts from 10 to 30percent for tourists.
In July 2020, up to 90 companies in Vung Tau launched discount deals, resultingin a 15 percent increase in visitors compared to the same period.
In 2021, the southeast region plans to focus on linkage tours. Provinces willdigitize tourism products and introduce local destinations via apps.
Tay Ninh is expanding its local tourism range by including ecotourism andspiritual tourism with modern goods containing traditional values. It aims tobecome a tourism and entertainment centre.
Vung Tau will concentrate on main tourist types such as MICE and leisure, sportand medical tourism, among others, in 2021.
Vietnam tourism suffered losses in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said that revenuefrom national tourism in 2020 fell to 531 trillion VND (23 billion USD) becauseof the pandemic and the number of international visitors dropped by 80 percentand domestic tourists by 50 percent./.
VNA
