Tourism

Dat Lat city in the central highlands province of Lam Dong greeted about 1.97 million tourists in 2021, a decrease of 45.3% against last year; in which foreigners were estimated at 17,000 arrivals, according to statistics.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City and Sapa are still the two most favoured destinations of Vietnamese tourists during the New Year celebrations. This result is based on booking data for the New Year period on the online travel booking platform Agoda.

The Da Nang Department of Tourism has announced that the city will welcome hundreds of flights during the upcoming New Year 2022.

The central provinces of Thua Thien - Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang City are trying to create new tourism products and are preparing to open many typical cultural spaces to attract tourists at the beginning of 2022.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has projected 2.7 million seats for the upcoming Lunar New Year which will come more than a month later.

Regular international flights carrying passengers in both directions between the nation and Japan will be operated by Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Japan Airlines, and All Nippon Airways as of January 1, 2022.

The Vietnamese tourism sector aims to welcome five million international visitors and 60 million domestic tourists in 2022 to earn approximately VND400 trillion in revenue.

Vietnam Airlines on December 23 announced it is planning to resume regular international flights linking Vietnam with 15 countries and territories in the first half of 2022.

The pilot installation of QR codes for street names in Son Tra district, the central city of Da Nang, aims to help local people and tourists look up information and gradually apply digital technology to local socio-economic development.

From December 21, local people and tourists to tourist attractions in Phan Thiet city in the central province of Binh Thuan only need to scan a QR code to find destination information.

On December 21, the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Conservation Management Center in the central province of Quang Nam inaugurated the “Hoi An Prison” Relic Gallery as a tourist attraction combined with traditional education.

The tourism industry of Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam is preparing many new and interesting activities to welcome the New Year 2022.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the VTV Travel program of Vietnam Television have launched the photo contest: “There is such a Hanoi", in order to promote the image and tourism of the capital.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has coordinated with the Binh Dinh Department of Tourism to organize a conference to link tourism development between the two sides in the new normal period.

The direct commercial flight from Vietnam to Australia in early 2022 will connect the two cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to the two airports of Melbourne and Sydney.

Ly Xuong Can will continue to serve as Vietnamese Tourism Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for the 2021-24 tenure.

Vietnam’s two largest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, have been listed among the world’s 100 best city destinations in 2021 by the market research firm Euromonitor International.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has launched a special page “Live Fully in Vietnam” on the website https://vietnam.travel and introduced a theme video of the campaign.

The Ministry of Transport has signed and issued Decision 2117/QD-BGTVT approving the adjustment of the master plan of Cat Bi International Airport towards 2025. The decision takes effect immediately.

Vietnam has been honoured as “Asia's Best River Cruise Destination in 2021” by the World Cruise Awards 2021.

Da Nang city, a travel hub in central Vietnam, welcomed the first 500 MICE tourists on December 10 after a long social distancing period triggered by the COVID-19 resurgence.

Mui Ne is the only representative of Asia in the top 10 of the list of the 100 best beaches in the world selected by Bounce Luggage Storage Service Company.

Since the beginning of the year, tourism management departments across the country have received more than 15,000 dossiers from tourism guides requesting support and have handled nearly 14,000 eligible applications with a total support of nearly VND 51.3 billion, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Vietnam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 percent from the figure in October, the General Statistics Office.

The image of Vietnam and its people appeared on the big screen outside the Thompson Reuters building in the prestigious Times Square on December 2 (local time).

Aiming to carry out the pilot program of welcoming international tourists to the locality under the Government’s pilot program, Da Nang city has selected and announced the first 17 units participating in this program.

Vietnam greeted more than 15,000 foreign tourists in November, an increase of 42.2% from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A flight coded VN98 of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines from Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport landed safely at San Francisco Airport in the US on November 29.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism said that the unit is realizing a plan to promote and introduce tourist areas and attractions in the city with a 360-degree photo interface.

Vietjet and SR Technics, a world leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider, on November 26 inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth 150 million USD involving the provision of MRO services on Vietjet’s CFM56-5B engine fleet, installed on their Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft.