Vietnam tourism strives to achieve 2024 goals

Many provinces and cities "reach the finish line" early

Most recently, the Da Nang Department of Tourism said that in the first 9 months of the year alone, the city welcomed 8.7 million visitors, an increase of 33% over the same period in 2023, including 3.17 million international visitors. Compared to the target of welcoming 8.4 million visitors in 2024, Da Nang has officially entered the top of the provinces and cities that have reached the finish line early.

Mr. Cao Tri Dung, Chairman of the Da Nang Tourism Association, said that this figure shows the strong recovery of the city's tourism industry after the COVID-19 pandemic. It is known that 2019 was the peak period of Da Nang tourism when it welcomed nearly 8.7 million visitors, bringing in revenue of nearly 31 trillion VND. International visitors alone at that time were 3.5 million.

It is known that this success is thanks to Da Nang city actively exploiting many attractive tourism products. The number of visitors to Da Nang is not only peak during the tourist season, but is always busy all year round. This year, Da Nang tourism industry also recorded the return of the Japanese market and especially the markets of Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines, Singapore... At the same time, since the beginning of the year, the city's tourism has exploited well the Australian and New Zealand markets; European and American markets.

Ninh Thuan is also a province and city that reached the target early in September 2024. In 2024, the province set a target of welcoming 3.2 million visitors, including 100,000 international visitors. However, as of September this year, the province has reached a total of more than 3.2 million visitors, an increase of 20% over the same period, reaching 100.1% of the plan. Of which, the number of guests staying and relaxing is estimated at 2.3 million, and the number of visitors is estimated at 904,000. Total tourism revenue is estimated at nearly 4 trillion VND.

With the advantage of natural landscapes and unique indigenous culture, Ninh Thuan province has exploited and promoted tourism products widely. Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ninh Thuan province, said that in addition to the advantages of cultural relics and pristine beaches, in the past 9 months, tourism activities and services in the province have been interested by businesses in improving quality, diversifying products, friendly attitudes are always prioritized and focused, ensuring safety for tourists is also regularly enhanced,...

Khanh Hoa province also reached the finish line three months early this year with 9 million visitors, of which international visitors were estimated at 3.6 million, exceeding the set plan by 20%. Explaining this, Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism, said that the locality has continuously organized international events including Nha Trang International Light Bay Festival, India - Khanh Hoa Tourism Promotion Conference, Golden Kite Awards, etc. In addition, although the high airfare has affected the travel of domestic tourists, Khanh Hoa province still welcomes visitors using other means of transport such as buses, trains, and cruise ships.

Stimulating demand to attract tourists during the year-end tourist season

The last months of the year are the time when tourism begins to enter the festival season. Provinces and localities not only welcome international visitors to relax, but also welcome a large number of domestic visitors to attend. Therefore, currently, many provinces and cities have tourism stimulus programs.

Overcoming the damage caused by storm No. 3, the tourism industry of Quang Ninh province has quickly recovered and continuously had activities to attract tourists. In the past 9 months alone, the province has reached 15.6 million visitors, including nearly 3 million international visitors. In the near future, the tourism industry of the province will continue to expand the market, increase promotion and advertising towards countries such as: China, Korea, India, Taiwan (China), USA, France, Australia, UK, Germany, Japan.

In particular, Quang Ninh province is promoting cruise tourism. This is a group of luxury tourists, coming from many large countries and with high spending power. It is expected that from now until the end of the year, there will be cruises bringing 2,000 - 3,500 international tourists to visit and relax in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province with a stay of half a day to a day.

Hai Phong tourism industry is also a province and city that is striving to reach the final three months of the year. In the past 9 months, Hai Phong welcomed more than 7 million visitors. From now until the end of the year, the city needs to welcome about 2 million more visitors to complete the target.

It is known that autumn and winter are not the peak tourist season of Hai Phong City. However, this year, Hai Phong has made many changes to stimulate demand and attract visitors to the end of the year. Recently, Hai Phong Tourism Association said that it has built 3 tours to stimulate demand in the autumn and winter season, including: City seen from the sea, Autumn and winter colors of Lan Ha, and Bach Dang Giang's spirit, focusing on exploiting the beautiful locations of the city including Bach Dang Giang relic site, Lan Ha Bay, and the Port city at night...

According to Deputy Director of Hai Phong Department of Tourism Vu Huy Thuong, in the coming time, in addition to exploiting unique and attractive tourism products in Hai Phong, the city will also actively promote tourism to other provinces and cities, especially to high school students, bringing meaningful and interesting experiences to them.

In Binh Dinh province, over the past 9 months, more than 8 million visitors have visited. With the goal of welcoming 9.2 million visitors in 2024, Binh Dinh province is currently striving to attract 1.1 million visitors in the fourth quarter of this year. Binh Dinh Department of Tourism said that it has coordinated with Binh Dinh Tourism Association to launch a tourism stimulus program to attract delegations to Binh Dinh to attend conferences, seminars and combine tourism in the fourth quarter of 2024 to stimulate tourism, reduce prices from 10% to 50% on accommodation, sightseeing, food and beverage, travel, transportation, conference halls and other services for agencies and units coming to Binh Dinh to attend conferences, seminars and combine tourism...

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