Vietnam’s tourism ready to welcome foreign visitors back

Vietnam has officially reopened international tourism today – March 15. At present, the whole tourism ecosystem, from aviation, travel agents to accommodation and entertainment service providers, is ready to open doors to welcome visitors back.
Sunworld Ba Na Hills (Photo: VNA)
Sunworld Ba Na Hills (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has officially reopened international tourismtoday – March 15. At present, the whole tourism ecosystem, from aviation,travel agents to accommodation and entertainment service providers, is ready to open doors to welcome visitors back.

Right in the morning of March 15, Vietjet and the People'sCommittee of Tuyen Quang held a conference to introduce andpromote tourism in the northern province, and announce the largest- everinternational hot air balloon festival in Vietnam slated for this month.

In addition, the carrier has also announced the reopeningand increase in the frequency of a series of routes covering Vietnam,especially those to and from Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Can Tho, and Da Nang rightafter the resumption of international routes to Japan, the Republic of Korea,Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan (China), Malaysia, India, and Indonesia. This is astrong move of Vietnam's first low-cost airline, aiming to meet customers' travel and trading needs in the coming summer.

In fact, from a month before the official full reopening, Vietnam has completely lifted the restrictions on international flightsand their frequency. As a result, airlines have immediately implemented variousplans to increase frequency and reconnect many flight networks after a 2-yearhiatus.

Vietnam’s tourism ready to welcome foreign visitors back ảnh 1Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA)
Nguyen Quang Trung, head of the Planning and DevelopmentDepartment of Vietnam Airlines, said that on February 15, the national flagcarrier restored the operation of routes from Malaysia with a frequency of oneflight per week and Hong Kong (China) two flights a week. To prepare for the fullreopening of international tourism, the airline has planned to expand andincrease the frequency on its entire international regular flight network. Inthe immediate time, from the end of March, it will increase the total number offlights to 97 a week, linking to airports of most major cities of countries,and reopen its route to Singapore from April 15.

By July, Vietnam Airlines will continue to restore flights to China and Indonesia as well as routes to Da Nang and Nha Trang frommajor markets such as Japan and the Republic of Korea, thus bringing the totalnumber of international flights to more than 160 per week.

Together with airlines, domestic accommodation and entertainment service providers are also ready to serve tourists with a series of new and attractiveproducts and services.

Big names such as Sun World of Sun Group and Vinpearl of VinGroup have focusedon upgrading their facilities and renewing their products to offer visitorswith new experiences.

To date, Vinpearl’s facilities, including 36 hotels andresorts with a capacity of over 18,500 rooms, three theme parks and twoamusement parks, two safari parks, and four golf courses have come intooperation.

Vietnam’s tourism ready to welcome foreign visitors back ảnh 2Vinpearl Grand World Phu Quoc (Photo: VNA)
Notably, the sea turtle-shaped Hai Vuong Palace, one of theworld's largest aquariums, is scheduled to be launched this summer at theVinWonders theme park on Phu Quoc island, while Vinpearl Submarine Nha Trang -the world's first and only all-glass tourist submarine with a 360-degree infinityview will officially make debut in April.

After nearly three months participating in the pilotprogramme of welcoming international tourists back, Vinpearl facilities haveserved over 3,000 visitors from various countries such as the Republic of Korea,Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Laos./.
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