Tourism

While unprecedented environmental challenges threatening the health and lives of millions of people around the world are ringing alarm bells for human behaviour towards the nature, Vietnam is home to a primeval forest described as a "big school" that has helped spread the love for nature for the past nearly six decades.

Mua Cave in the northern province of Ninh Binh has been popular to domestic and foreign visitors thanks to the picturesque scenery of the surrounding area seen from its top.

The northern province of Ninh Binh expects to welcome 5.35 million tourists in 2023.

During the 2023 New Year holidays from December 31, 2022 to January 2, 2023, the northern province of Ninh Binh welcomed 256.941 tourists.

Vietnam's tourism sector targets to serve about 8 million foreign visitors from the total of 110 million next year, according to the General Administration of Vietnam Tourism.

A conference was held on December 28 in Ninh Binh city to seek ways to boost tourism cooperation between Ninh Binh and some provinces in the Red River Delta and some other provinces and centrally-run cities.

The Department of Tourism of Ninh Binh province on December 27 cooperated with Xuan Truong Construction Company and Anh Viet Hop On - Hop Off Vietnam Co. Ltd. to organise experience trips for visitors to explore Ninh Binh city and some local destinations using double-decker buses.

Many localities across the country are making every effort to promote their tourism potential to international markets while stimulating domestic demand in the coming time, with the aim of capitalizing on the travel season at the year's end.

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.