Tourism

The jubilant Christmas atmosphere has spread widely across the northern province of Ninh Binh, which boasts a large community of Catholics in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 asked ministries, agencies, localities and businesses to take into consideration the diversity of the products, markets and supply chains while seeking ways to boost the tourism sector.

Do Thi Tuyen remembered the early days when she joined a tourist boat team in her hometown in the northern province of Ninh Binh in 2003.

Bich Dong pagoda in northern Ninh Binh province is considered among the most beautiful worship sites hidden in caves nationwide.

Thanks to practical and effective solutions, Ninh Binh's tourism sector has revived strongly after the COVID-19 pandemic with increasing number of tourist arrivals. The province's tourism sector and trave companies have made efforts to renovate promotion programmes and diversify tourism products in a bid to draw more visitors in the year-end months.

Ninh Binh Province's Buddhist Sangha has inaugurated Tay Phuong Pagoda and Tu An Pagoda at the Ky Lan Temple Complex, offering visitors to the northern province a new night-time spiritual travel destination.

Domestic tourism has bounced back strongly with more than 100 million visitors so far this year, compared to the preset target of 60 million, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The country welcomed 2.95 million foreign visitors during the past 11 months of the year, a figure 21.1 times higher compared to the same period from last year, but still down 81.9% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

The strong development of Ninh Binh's tourism sector in the past years has affirmed right policies of the province. However, after a period of growth, the sector has revealed some shortcomings, requiring Ninh Binh to take strategic measures for long term development.

The travel website Time Out has just named Ninh Binh the top site among attractive destinations in Southeast Asia with neglected beauty, like a jewel in the middle of heaven and earth.

Beauties of the Tourism World Pageant will gather at Trang An Heritage Connecting - Ninh Binh Festival that will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh from November 17-19.

Vietnam's tourism destinations and brands have been named in the top 16 award categories of the 2022 World Travel Awards, with the country accredited as World's Leading Heritage Destination for the third time since 2019.

The northern province of Ninh Binh, the location of 2016 Hollywood movie "Kong: Skull Island", has been listed among the top 5 most underrated travel destinations throughout Southeast Asia by British magazine Time Out.

Sport tourism is a new development trend of the tourism sector that brings great benefits to localities. With diverse terrain, magnificent landscape, unique historical and cultural values, Ninh Binh province has great potential and advantages to develop sport tourism.

November 3, 2022, marks the 1st celebration of the International Day for Biosphere Reserves. Viet Nam, having the second highest number of Biosphere Reserves (BR) in Southeast Asia, strives to foster a well-balanced relationship between humans and nature.

The number of tourist arrivals to Ninh Binh province reached over 3.07 million in the first 10 months of 2022, a 3.3-fold increase from the same period last year.

The south-central province of Binh Thuan will host the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 with the focus on promoting green tourism.

Vietnam is the fourth most searched tourist destinations among Australian users on Google over the past two decades.

Bach Ma and Con Dao National Parks have been nominated to become the 54th and 55th ASEAN Heritage Parks at the 33rd ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting on the Environment, held in Cambodia from October 3-7.