Destination digest: Vietnam news in brief
There’s plenty of good news coming out of Vietnam at the moment. Here are a few stories making the headlines:
Vietnam aims for pre-pandemic tourist levels in 2024
Vietnam‘s National Authority of Tourism has outlined ambitious goals for the year 2024, aiming to match the pre-pandemic levels of tourism. Having achieved 12.6 million foreign arrivals in 2023, marking a significant recovery compared to 2022, the country is determined to further bolster its tourism sector.
(source: eTurboNews)
Tourism market sees significant growth from India, Cambodia
In a year of global travel resurgence, Vietnam’s tourism market has made significant strides, witnessing a dramatic increase in arrivals from India and Cambodia. The numbers illustrate a staggering growth of 176% and 122% respectively, laying a solid foundation for the country’s tourism recovery roadmap.
(source: BNN Breaking)
VN wants to become ‘country of international sea tourism events’
With its wonderful natural landscapes and beautiful beaches, Vietnam can become ‘the country of international sea tourism events’. For this article, VietNamNet held a roundtable talk with Ha Van Sieu, deputy head of the Vietnam National Authority of Vietnam, Dang Bao Hieu, chair of Ana Marina Nha Trang Resort, and Tran Viet Anh, president of Binh Dinh F1 to discuss how to position Vietnam as a wonderful destination for beach tourism.
(source: VietNamNet)
Vietnam welcomes 12.6 million foreign tourists in 2023, aims for 18 million in 2024
In a year of global travel resurgence, Vietnam’s tourism market has made significant strides, witnessing a dramatic increase in arrivals from India and Cambodia. The numbers illustrate a staggering growth of 176% and 122% respectively, laying a solid foundation for the country’s tourism recovery roadmap.
(source: Nation Thailand)
Panorama Destination Vietnam: Our Journey to the New Normal
For most of 2020 and early 2021, Vietnam remained virtually free of Covid-19. This was because the country was quick to impose border restrictions and quarantines, deploying intensive contact tracing teams where needed and imposing localised lockdowns to keep the virus at bay.
With consistently low cases and a speedy response to new infections, the country was ranked in the top three out of almost 100 countries graded by the official Lowy Institute Covid Performance Index, which assessed the overall success and efficiency of each nation’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, Vietnam was one of only a handful of countries worldwide to register economic growth (2.9%).
However, the emergence of the Delta virus in May 2021 pushed the country’s capabilities to their limit. The government issued strict stay-at-home orders in major cities like Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The situation then improved, and the country fully reopened its tourism infrastructure from 15 March 2022.
On 27 April 2022 Vietnam scrapped the need for medical declarations from foreign entrants. Then, on 15 May, Vietnam officially ended the requirement for PCR tests prior to departure, meaning travellers could finally enter Vietnam without testing.
The Panorama Destination Vietnam office has been put into ‘hibernation’ until further notice, but is expected to resume operations in the near future. We are working closely with local officials and international governing bodies to ensure the safety of Panorama Destination clients returning to Vietnam in the months ahead.
We have already introduced a set of health and safety protocols based on a dedicated Covid-19 policy and continue to work alongside other DMCs in Southeast Asia, to ensure safe and standardised services for all returning visitors.
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