The goal is to serve 60 million local tourists in 2022, recalled Vietnam Tourism Association President Vu The Binh, who regretted that this was not the case for international travelers.
Between January and last July, 733,000 foreign visitors came to the country, nearly eight percent compared to the numbers before the Covid-19 pandemic, explained The Binh, who warned that if this behavior continues, the target of five million international visitors Arrivals this year could be out of reach.
According to Viettours sales manager Cao Thi Tuyet Lan, quoted by the VNA news agency, international tourism resumed in mid-March when the country got the pandemic under control, but the cumbersome visa application process has slowed international travel.
Speaking at the Power of Vietnam Tourism Links program in southern Chi Minh City, Tuyet Lan said foreign visitors to the country are unlikely to surge in the year-end travel season unless concerns about visa policies are addressed quickly will .
In mid-July last year, the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (ANTV) confirmed its intention to welcome five million foreign visitors in 2022.
The company said it will continue to optimize the markets it connects with and those that allow its citizens to travel abroad, giving priority to countries like South Korea, Japan and Australia, as well as countries in Southeast Asia and Europe becomes. Western film.
It will also pay more attention to new issuers such as India, the United States, the Middle East and Russian-speaking countries, including Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.
As part of efforts to increase foreign tourist arrivals, ANTV is also implementing an intensive advertising campaign based on the Life in Vietnam program.
She also plans to attend major industry events such as the Association of Travel Agents of Japan (JATA) Tourism Fair next September and the World Travel Market (World Travel Market) held in London every year. in November.
In the first half of the year, Vietnam received around 413,000 international visitors, an increase that sector authorities considered significant given that borders could not reopen until mid-March and emissions from two major markets such as China and Russia were falling.
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