Tourism

The famous Asian travel magazine DestinAsian has just announced a list of the most beautiful islands or archipelagos in Asia and the best cities in Asia as voted by its readers. Vietnam has two representatives, Phu Quoc and Ho Chi Minh City, on the list.

The railway industry will operate trains connecting the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to Da Nang and vice versa to serve the travel demand of people and tourists, said Vietnam Railway Corporation on March 18.

From mid-March 2024, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines increased the frequency of flights to Con Dao to meet the increasing travel demand of passengers.

The “War Zone Moon” night tour is one of the typical night tourism products of Cu Chi district in Ho Chi Minh City.

On March 19, the cruise ship Celebrity Solstice carrying 3,000 international tourists docked at Chan May Port in the central coastal province of Thua Thien - Hue.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will open direct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Munich, one of the largest cities in Germany, from October 2024.

The relic of Dr. Alexandre Yersin’s office on Hon Ba Peak, Cam Lam district, the central province of Khanh Hoa, with unique architecture and diverse ecosystem, is expected to open to receive tourists before April 30 (Reunification Day).

(CPV) - In the first quarter of 2024, the tourism industry witnessed a significant increase in international visitors to Vietnam arriving by sea. This shows the attractive potential of this tourism type.

Many hotels in the central city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province are racing to lower room prices, contributing to increasing the number of tourist arrivals in the first two months of 2024.

As part of Malaysian cultural exchange and tourism promotion activities in Ho Chi Minh City, the Consulate General of Malaysia in the city and the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Department in Vietnam introduced Malaysian cuisine through the opening of Malaysian-style Lesung restaurant.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism will focus on promoting cultural and heritage values associated with tourism, building the image of a civilized and modern Hanoi, and forming unique and attractive tourism products on the basis of the available advantages of each locality.

International cruise liner Celebrity Solstice docked at Phu My port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on March 9, bringing around 3,000 tourists of various nationalities to the popular beach city of Vung Tau.

More than 400 delegates, all of whom are foreign diplomats in Hanoi, their wives, and representatives from international and non-governmental organisations took part in a spring tour of Hanoi on March 9.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City won recognition as “Asia's Leading MICE Tourism Destination in 2023” at the World MICE Tourism Awards ceremony in Berlin city, Germany, on March 6.

Cam Ranh International Airport welcomed the first regular flight conducted by Russia’s IrAero Airlines on the Irkutsk-Khanh Hoa international air route on March 1, with the flight carrying 98 foreign passengers on board.

A number of international cruise ships carrying thousands of foreign tourists are due to visit popular sites nationwide in March.

The world’s leading travel magazine Lonely Planet has proposed the top 10 attractive destinations after graduation for students. A vacation in Vietnam ranks 5th on the list of the 10 best itineraries of 2024 for graduates.

International visitor arrivals to Vietnam reached more than three million in the first two months of 2024, a year-on-year rise of 68.7%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The online travel platform Agoda on February 27 said that search data shows that Chinese tourists’ demand for travel to Vietnam is showing signs of recovery.

Since the beginning of the year, the total number of visitors to Hanoi is estimated at 4.23 million, reported the city Department of Tourism. In February, the number of visitors to Hanoi continued to increase, reaching more than 2.1 million.

Tripadvisor has just announced the top 25 most beautiful natural destinations in the world, in which the only representative of Vietnam is Ha Long Bay at the second place while the first place belongs to Kathmandu (Nepal).

From March 6 to March 30, Vietnam Airlines will double the frequency of flights to Dien Bien to serve the Visit Vietnam Year 2024, towards the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory.

The budget carrier Vietjet Air has opened a flight connecting Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City with Vientiane (Laos), expanding opportunities for cooperation in economic development, tourism and cultural exchange between the two neighboring countries of Vietnam-Laos.

The speedboat service between Vung Tau City and Con Dao Island in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will be resumed on March 2 after a seven-month hiatus due to weather reasons.

Visit Vietnam Year 2024, themed “Glory of Dien Bien Phu - Endless Experience”, will include 169 major events taking place across provinces and cities nationwide.

In 2024, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City will organize many activities to promote its tourism in Australia, England and Germany, while continuing to enhance communication on CNN, Discovery and BBC News, said its department of tourism on February 21.

From February 8 to 18, the number of tourists in the province increased 3.8 times compared to the same period in 2023. Of which, tourists arrivals during the 2024 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays reached nearly 84,000.

In 2024, about 43 international cruise ships will choose Nha Trang Bay as an anchor point to take tourists ashore to visit and enjoy the central coastal city of Nha Trang, according to the Khanh Hoa provincial Department of Tourism.

International cruise ship Spectrum of the Seas on February 20 carried more than 4,000 multinational tourists to dock at Tan Cang-Cai Mep port, Phu My town in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The 2024 Yen Tu Spring Festival, one of the largest festivals in the North, attracted about 20,000 visitors on the opening day.