Ha Long tourism promises to boom this summer

FLC Ha Long Hotel is well prepared to welcome guests.

In 2025, the city strives to welcome 11.5 million visitors, of which 3 million are international visitors, with total tourism revenue reaching over VND 26,000 billion. In the first 3 months of the year alone, Ha Long City welcomed nearly 2.3 million visitors, equal to 105% over the same period in 2024. Of which, international visitors reached over 720,000. Total tourism revenue reached VND 6,345 billion, equal to 144% over the same period in 2024.

To continue attracting tourists, especially during the peak summer tourist season of 2025, Ha Long City has synchronously and drastically implemented solutions to promote tourism and service development, increase spending and tourism revenue. A series of tourism activities and events under the brand of Ha Long City have been built, such as: Ha Long Carnival 2025; Beer and Squid Festival; Lion, Lion, Dragon Festival; Tran Quoc Nghien Temple Festival; Kite Festival; Motorized Kite and Paragliding Festival; Ha Long Fun Wheels Festival; Sports Sailing Festival; Traditional Dragon Boat Racing Festival of Ha Long City; Hot Air Balloon Festival; Ripe Guava Festival; Full Moon Festival; Artistic Light Performance Festival on Heritage Bay...

In addition, to ensure conditions for welcoming tourists during the peak season, the city has directed functional units to ensure environmental sanitation to serve cultural, artistic and sports activities on the occasion of the April 30 - May 1 holiday and the Ha Long Carnival Program in 2025. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the decoration of sidewalks, flower gardens, miniature landscapes, green tree systems; maintain, repair and operate public lighting systems, decorative lights; ensure aesthetics, environmental sanitation, food hygiene and safety, security and order, fire prevention and fighting; strictly comply with regulations on goods quality, price posting and selling at the correct listed price to serve tourists on the occasion of the April 30 - May 1 holiday.

The lifeguard team at the Water Park is trained and instructed to ensure the safety of residents and visitors.

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Head of the City's Department of Culture, Science and Information, the Department has advised the City People's Committee to upgrade existing tourism products, research and launch new, high-class products and services, contributing to making Ha Long - Quang Ninh gradually become an attractive destination for tourists. In addition, building product chains linking units providing travel, transportation, accommodation, restaurants, etc. to set the goal of reducing costs, lowering prices, and increasing competitiveness with localities in the same region. In 2025, the city aims to develop 3 new tourism products: Hot air balloon (fixed anchor) sightseeing; Bus cafe; Scenic cruise to continue to speed up the progress of 6 tourism products being deployed in 2024. In addition, the city creates conditions and encourages organizations and individuals to invest and develop new products such as: VuiFest cuisine; music shows; develop community tourism activities, eco-tourism...

Along with the city, tourism service units and businesses are also actively participating, preparing all necessary conditions, exploiting new products, and increasing promotion to attract tourists, especially during the peak summer tourist season of 2025. At the Sunworld Ha Long entertainment complex, the unit has also renovated the campus, creating new spaces such as: Rose garden, check-in corner for visitors to visit and experience. In addition, to put the Water Park into operation, the unit has also completed the repair work, trained a professional and methodical rescue team. Mr. Nguyen Van Minh, Director of the Sun World Ha Long entertainment complex shared: We have built many attractive incentive programs and policies. Specifically, from April 14-25, the ticket price for the Water Park is 100,000 VND/person. Dragon Park is only 150,000 VND/person for both adults and children, valid until April 25.

To attract guests during the upcoming holidays, hotels and resorts have also invested in repairing, upgrading, improving rooms, improving service quality, many new hotels with unique models have come into operation, meeting the accommodation needs of tourists. In which, the majority of tourists choose luxury hotels from 4-5 stars with many attractive discount policies, guaranteed quality for relaxation and experience. Hotels proactively cooperate with large travel agencies in Vietnam to focus on exploiting the domestic market.

Mr. Trinh Le Khanh, Sales Director of Bao Minh Radiant Hotel, said: It is forecasted that the number of guests in the summer will increase sharply, and the hotel's capacity may reach 100%. However, we still prioritize service quality and are determined not to increase prices during the peak season. At the same time, we are actively connecting with travel agencies and partners to create a steady source of guests, maintaining a stable number of guests from now until the end of the year.

Hoang Quynh

Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/tp-ha-long-hua-hen-bung-no-du-lich-he-3353291.html