Strong breakthrough in peak season of island tourism

Since the April 30 - May 1 holiday, when the peak season for island tourism begins, Pham Van Dong Street from Hai Phong city center to Do Son tourist area often witnesses traffic jams every weekend.

Talking to Nguoi Dua Tin , Mr. Pham Hoang Tuan - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Do Son District, Hai Phong City, said that the reason for the increase in the number of tourists since the beginning of summer is due to the prolonged hot weather and the attraction of some new tourism products that the locality has put into operation.

Among them, we can mention Vung Huong public beach, water park in the tourist area in Van Huong ward. In addition, in the near future, the investor is expected to put some unique tourism products in the mangrove forest area in Bang La ward into exploitation.

Tourists crowd Dragon Hill Beach in Van Huong Ward, Do Son District, Hai Phong City, this summer (Photo: Thai Phan).

According to Mr. Pham Hoang Tuan, in 2024, Do Son district aims to welcome 3.8 million visitors. In the first 6 months of 2024, the locality achieved more than 60% of the annual plan (welcoming 2.3 million visitors), an increase of more than 1.4 times compared to the same period in 2023.

“The accommodation system in Do Son district currently basically meets the increasing demand of tourists. The whole district has 137 accommodation facilities with 4,480 rooms.

Along with that, food service establishments have been invested in, spread across the beaches of Group 295, Zones 1, 2, 3, Vung Huong public beach... attracting a large number of people and tourists," said Mr. Pham Hoang Tuan.

Besides Do Son Tourist Area, Cat Ba Tourist Area also benefits from the prolonged hot weather during this peak season of island tourism. According to information from the People's Committee of Cat Hai District, Hai Phong City, in June 2023, Cat Ba welcomed more than 600,000 visitors.

Thereby, increasing the total number of tourists to Cat Ba in the first 6 months of 2024 to more than 1.6 million compared to the annual target of 3.6 million, revenue from food and accommodation services is estimated at nearly 1,500 billion VND.

Cat Co beach in Cat Ba tourist area is crowded on weekends (Photo: Thai Phan).

Although not having an impressive growth rate like Do Son tourism, Cat Ba tourism is confident in completing the set target because the number of tourists is forecast to continue to increase in the remaining 2 summer months (July and August 2024), the attraction of the World Natural Heritage Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago has not shown signs of "cooling down", the disadvantage of traffic congestion has had a "way out" when businesses proactively reduced cable car prices by 50% and new ferries are about to be put into operation and exploitation.

In particular, unlike Do Son tourism, Cat Ba tourism has its own strengths in attracting international tourists who love to experience and explore during the low season of island tourism (Autumn - Winter).

According to information from the Hai Phong City Department of Tourism, the impressive growth of the two tourist areas of Do Son and Cat Ba in recent times has helped the city's tourism make a strong breakthrough. In June 2024 alone, Hai Phong tourism is estimated to welcome nearly 1.2 million visitors, an increase of 17.34% over the same period in 2023. Of which, international visitors reached more than 90,000, revenue from accommodation and food services is estimated at more than 1,400 billion VND.

In the first 6 months of 2024, Hai Phong tourism is estimated to welcome and serve nearly 4.3 million arrivals, an increase of 16.25% over the same period in 2023 and reaching 47% of the yearly plan, with revenue from food and accommodation services estimated at more than 5,100 billion VND.

To achieve the set goal of welcoming 9.1 million tourists in 2024, from now until the end of the year, Hai Phong tourism industry will continue to accompany localities, especially Do Son district and Cat Hai district, to focus on further exploiting the strengths of sea and island tourism, overcoming difficulties and problems related to traffic congestion, and improving service quality.

In addition, gradually turn the two key tourist areas of Hai Phong City, Cat Ba and Do Son, into "4-season destinations" instead of being crowded with tourists in the summer but sparse in the other seasons as at present .

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/hai-phong-but-pha-manh-me-trong-mua-cao-diem-du-lich-bien-dao-a670863.html