Tourism

Vietnamese workers will enjoy four days off work during this year's National Day celebrations which start on September 1, a period of time which is anticipated to create a golden chance for the local tourism sector to attract holidaymakers.

The 50th anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, is scheduled to be held in Ninh Binh province on September 6.

After the COVID-19 was basically controlled, Ninh Binh's tourism activities have been revived and seen robust growth. Ninh Binh has been seen as a safe, friendly and attractive destination, and is listed among 10 cities and provinces nationwide with the strongest tourism recovery in the recent time.

Australian magazine Traveller has advised tourists to explore the northern province of Ninh Binh, famous for paddleboat tours through limestone karsts and paddy rice fields.

The number of visitors to the northern province of Ninh Binh has increased sharply. This is a positive signal for the tourism sector as it not only helps revive the industry's sustainable growth but also affirms Ninh Binh as a safe, friendly, quality and attractive destination of Vietnam.

In an attempt to ensure the quality of tourism services and build a "safe - friendly - quality - attractive destination", Ninh Binh's authorities have paid due attention to the inspection and monitoring work, thus correcting violations in building and using land in accommodation services.

Revenue generated from tourism hit 11.9 trillion VND (509.85 million USD) in the first seven months of this year, a 2.7-fold rise year-on-year due to the strong recovery of tourism activities, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Cuc Phuong Museum, which is located inside Cuc Phuong National Park, is home to a leading collection of biological specimens and objects in the system of national parks and nature reserves of Vietnam. Visiting the Cuc Phuong Museum, you will learn more interesting things about the cultural and biological diversity in association with primitive forest of Cuc Phuong.

Since the beginning of 2022, Ninh Binh has implemented the Government's direction of reopening door to vistors and carried out several stimulus measures, so its tourism sector has been bouncing back. It has welcomed a large number of visitors and earned high tourism revenue.

An online conference took place on July 15 to review the culture, sports, and tourism sector's activities in the first six months of 2022 and deploy tasks for the last six months of the year, chaired by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung.

Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island off the southern province of Kien Giang, has been selected one of 25 best islands in the world by readers of US magazine Travel Leisure.

Since Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was recognised as World Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO in 2014, Ninh Binh province has made a range of efforts in issuing policies and programmes in an attempt to preserve and promote the heritage's value in line with the World Heritage Convention.

Ninh Binh Legend Hotel has been recognised as a five-star hotel by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, becoming the first of its kind in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Vietnam welcomed around 602,000 international visitors in the first half of this year, a dramatic increase of 582% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Da Nang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City have been listed among the best cities in Southeast Asia in Asia's Best Awards 2022, recently unveiled by the Travel & Leisure magazine.

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.

In recent years, some cooperatives in Ninh Binh province have offered experience tourism and community based ecological tourism services, helping to create jobs for local people and contribute to the province's socio-economic development.

Preventing tourists from buying ivory products and endangered wild species is essential, especially in the context that Vietnam has fully reopened its door to international tourists and the tourism industry is on the way to recovery, heard a workshop held in Hanoi on June 22.

The volume of international searches for Viet Nam's tourism soared by 50-75 percent, the fourth highest growth rate worldwide, according to a report from the Google Destination Insights.