Tourism

On July 25, the budget carrier Vietjet opened the direct flight route connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Busan (the Republic of Korea).

(CPV) - Saigontourist Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) served an international delegation of Australian nationals in the form of river tourism (Indochine 2) from July 18 to 22.

Thanks to the organization of the National Tourism Year 2022, tourists to Quang Nam increased rapidly. In the first half of 2022, the central province welcomed 2.3 million visitors, a 7-fold increase compared to the same period last year.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has just issued Decision 2475/QD-UBND, recognizing Tay Phuong Pagoda as the special national relic tourist site.

The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam continues to impress tourists as the famous US travel magazine Travel + Leisure has just listed it among the world’s best cities in 2022.

Da Nang is striving to become a high-quality tourism and service centre and a destination for innovation in Vietnam and Southeast Asia by 2030, according to a recently-built project on orientation for tourism development in the central city by 2030, with a vision to 2045.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang greeted 460 international tourists from India who are the chairman, management board, employees, customers and partners of Volvo-Eicher Company. This is the largest foreign delegation to Tien Giang province since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism has just coordinated with Thu Duc City, districts and businesses to continue surveying tourism products in Tan Phu district, District 5 and District 8.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism has coordinated with the MICE Tourism Working Group to welcome a delegation of 460 MICE visitors of Volvo - Eicher Company, specializing in the production of buses and trucks of India to Ho Chi Minh City from July 15 to 18.

In addition to supporting tourists with accommodation services and travel service prices; hotlines also support tourists with weather, ship and ferry operation information, market prices, and disaster prevention and rescue.

Many 5-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City like Sheraton Saigon and Park Hyatt Saigon said that their room occupancy has reached 80-90%, with some places gaining the same growth rate as before the COVID-19 epidemic.

Twelve new bus routes including 4 minibus routes, 4 high-quality routes, and 4 intercity routes have been approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee to add to the city’s bus network, after a proposal by the city Department of Transport.

The Cai Rang Floating Market Culture Festival greeted nearly 84,000 visitors from July 9 to 11, said Mr. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Chairman of the Cai Rang district People’s Committee.

A video clip Vietnam: Di de yeu! – Wonders of Vietnam (Vietnam: Travel to Love! - Wonders of Vietnam) has been launched by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to introduce beautiful destinations of Vietnam.

The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Haraco) has put into service a high-quality carriage on the Hanoi-Hai Phong route.

A gift design contest has been launched by the Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and the HCMC Industrial Product Design Association.

Da Nang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City are three representatives of Vietnam listed among the catergory of 10 best cities in Southeast Asia by the US’s famous travel magazine Travel+Leisure.

The number of international visitors to Vietnam in June 2022 was estimated at 236,700, an increase of 36.8% from the previous month and 32.9 times higher than the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(CPV) - The Hanoi Tourism Department has launched the contests "Designing gifts for Hanoi Tourism 2022” and “Hanoi Tourism Photo 2022” in order to create a breakthrough in tourism promotion, contributing to the development of Hanoi's tourism industry.

The number of visitors to the resort island of Phu Quoc, the southern province of Kien Giang, surged strongly in June, with around 140 flights and over 40 ferries and boats carrying tens of thousands of tourists to and from the island each day.

Vietnamese travellers are the second most interested in Asia-Pacific (APAC) in travelling in post-pandemic period, with some 85 percent of respondents from the country planning a trip in the next 12 months, a survey by Booking.com found.

Tourists to Hanoi numbered 8.61 million in the first half of 2022, a three-fold increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

Vietnam Airlines is coordinating with the Hanoi Travel Association and the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center to connect tours with tourists when using services of the carrier.

On the opening day of the Hue Festival, the complex of Hue monuments welcomed nearly 9,500 visitors, earning revenue of more than 1.3 billion VND, according to the organizers of the Hue Festival 2022.

Aiming to meet the increasing summer travel demand of passengers, the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) implemented a plan to run more passenger trains on the North-South route to Quang Binh, Da Nang and Nha Trang.

From July 1, the northern province of Quang Ninh will resume regular ticket prices at tourist attraction such as Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Museum, and Yen Tu relic, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The central city of Da Nang welcomed a total of 114 domestic and international flights on June 25, a record high figure over the past two years.

The buget carrier Vietjet on June 22 opened 4 more routes connecting the top destinations of Vietnam and India, including Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City/Hanoi - Mumbai and Phu Quoc - New Delhi/Mumbai.

Korean Air - the biggest airlines of the Republic of Korea (RoK) - reopened its direct air route from Incheon to the central city of Da Nang on June 22.

The 16th Asian route development forum (Routes Asia 2022) was a success, providing a great database for its host - the central city of Da Nang, to promote its tourism to countries around the world, stated Vice Chairman of the city People’s Committee Tran Phuoc Son at a meeting to review the event on June 16.