The province has greeted more than 1.1 million visitors since the beginning of this year. The figure has been continuing to increase over the past several years, marking encouraging signal for the local hospitality sector, particularly amidst the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

Visitors pose for a group photo amid a buckwheat flower filed in Ha Giang Province.

The results are anticipated by prompt directions of the provincial Party Committee and authorities to realise the dual task combining focus on both anti-epidemic and socio-economic development resumption activities.

Accordingly, many measures have been taken to stimulate local tourism since the beginning of this year, including the organisation of a welcome ceremony for first visitors to the province in 2020, the ‘Colour of the Northwest region’ programme, and the sixth Buckwheat Flower Festival, 2020.

The provincial hospitality sector has also actively participated in tourism programmes with localities nationwide to establish partnership, such as the Hanoi tourism promotion festival, the Green Cultural Heritage Week at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi, the Cuisine Festival and a photo exhibition on eight northwest localities.

In addition, the popularisation of Ha Giang’s people, culture and tourism potential through the use of social networks and media have been promoted to lure more visitors to the locality.

Tourism stimulus programme launched in Phu Quoc

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and Tourism Department of Kien Giang Province held a programme designed to simulate tourism in Phu Quoc on November 22.

American singer pitches in as city eyes tourism revival

Vietnam-based American singer Kyo York has posed for photos in a traditional ao dai at some famous tourist spots in HCMC as part of a city tourism campaign.

Surveys conducted at tourism spots in Yen The and Tan Yen

(BGO) – The Center of Information and Tourism Promotion in Bac Giang province has organized a programme to survey the local tourism spots with the participation from the tourism promotion centers and tourism management departments in several provinces and cities of Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Hai Duong, Bac Kan, Lang Son and nearly 20 travel agencies in and outside the province.

Bac Giang promotes cuisine, tourism at Vietnam Int’l Tourism Mart

(BGO)- With the theme “Digital Transformation for Tourism in Vietnam”, Vietnam International Tourism Mart 2020 (VITM) takes place in Hanoi Cultural Friendship Palace. This event is organized by Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism attracting more than 300 participants from enterprises, tourism promotion agencies of 50 provinces and cities nationwide and 6 countries and territories. 

Source: NDO