Chủ đề: tourism

Tourism real estate grappling with shortcomings in legal framework.

CBRE has forecast that hotel operations in Hanoi will improve over the course of 2022, with room tariffs at 4 and 5-star hotels rising 15 per cent and occupancy reaching 52 per cent, up 21 percentage points compared to 2021. Occupancy at 4 and 5-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, meanwhile, will reach 49 per cent, up 20 percentage points.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directs tasks needed for the tourism sector to develop during 2022.

Tourism is an important economic sector in Vietnam and its contribution peaked in 2019, welcoming 18 million international arrivals and representing 9.2 per cent of GDP, but has been frozen for the past two years due to Covid-19. With the full reopening of international tourism from March 15, Vietnam is expected to earn VND400 trillion ($17.56 billion) from the sector this year.

After tourism officially opens nationally, tourism promotions and regional links between Ho Chi Minh City and the 13 cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta will then be conducted. This will also be considered the time to restore tourism in these provinces and contribute to resolving the immediate difficulties facing tourism businesses.

Vietnam Airlines’ first flight carrying foreign visitors arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 16, one day after the reopening of the country. Among the more than 100 passengers, 20 were foreigners.

The Prime Minister has approved the task of general planning to build the Ninh Chu national tourist area in south-central Ninh Thuan province to 2045. It will be a national tourist area, with a focus on tourism activities and exploiting diverse marine values and ecological landscape values. The planning area is about 12,200 ha, of which land covers 10,200 ha and the sea 2,000 ha.

According to analysts, the tourism and aviation sectors must quickly seize the opportunities to recover. Infrastructure barriers must be removed, tourism and aviation development policies need to be more open, and international flights must resume as soon as possible. Prior to the pandemic, Vietnam was one of the five fastest-growing countries in the world in terms of aviation. Tourism revenue, meanwhile, currently accounts for 6.7 per cent of GDP.

Authorities plan to resume tourism activities from March 15 with the “new normal” in mind.

Tourism activities have begun to gradually recover since the start of 2022.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has said it is necessary to exempt unilateral visas for citizens from 24 countries and territories entering Vietnam and to apply electronic visas for citizens from 46 countries and territories. It has also proposed conducting the second phase of the program welcoming international tourists until March 30, and to fully open up international tourism from March 31.

Along with the recovery of the tourism sector, the supply of hotels in Ho Chi Minh City has also increased. The average room tariff has risen 21 per cent, to VND1.4 million ($60.7) per night. The city aims to welcome 3.5 million international visitors this year.

A series of activities in celebration of National Tourism Year 2022 will be held in central Quang Nam province and elsewhere and will mark the recovery and development of Vietnam’s tourism industry. Severely damaged by Covid-19, the tourism sector faced many challenges in 2021, with domestic tourists totaling just 40 million, down 29 per cent compared to 2020.

With a high urbanization rate, it is expected that Phu Quoc Island will see a “revolution” in expanding and modernizing its urban area. Vietnam’s first island city will not only be a unique, high quality tourism center in the future but also an economic - financial center in the region.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has approved a pilot plan to restore regular international flights from January 1 to and from destinations with a high Covid safety index. The move will also promote Vietnam’s economic recovery and tourism sector and not let the country fall behind others in the region.

Inter-provincial passenger transport routes have been reopened for more than a month but businesses are still having a hard time of it. Many inter-provincial bus companies were forced to stop operating after a few days, and others are at risk of bankruptcy.

Hai Phong is striving to become a major tourism center in Vietnam, with tourism in Do Son Beach developed in association with the casino business. The northern port city will also focus on developing eco-tourism.

Five localities readying themselves to open up to foreign tourists shortly.

A list of 147 of the best cities in the world to combine work and play has been released by Holidu, a British website specializing in international tourism. Three Vietnamese cities appear: Hanoi, ranked 18th, Ho Chi Minh City 21st, and Hoi An 32nd.

After closing down due to the pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector has introduced a new product: waterway tours along the Bach Dang River in its Can Gio district. The city has also coordinated with south-central Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, and Binh Dinh provinces to restore tourism activities from November 1.