Quy Nhon promises an unexpected ‘boom’ tourism season

On April 22, the Department of Tourism of Binh Dinh province and the Department of Information and Communications held a press conference to introduce the Quy Nhon Sea Tourism Festival in 2022, with the theme “Quy Nhon – sea paradise” starting on the holiday. the holidays of April 30 and May 1, lasting until August 2022.

At the press conference, a representative of Binh Dinh Department of Tourism said, the opening ceremony of Quy Nhon Beach Tourism Festival was held on the evening of April 29 at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square (Quy Nhon City), with the program epic art and ends with a low-altitude fireworks display.

Within the framework of the program, on the holidays of April 30 and May 1, Binh Dinh organizes activities such as: Quy Nhon street festival, inaugurating the complex of scientific space – universe model and conservation. Science museum in Quy Hoa urban area, seminar “Solutions to restore and develop Binh Dinh tourism in a new situation”.

Then, Binh Dinh held Binh Dinh Tuna Festival (July 2022), the final round of Miss World – Vietnam 2022 contest (July and August 2022), sports activities: MerryLand running Quy Nhon Run 2022, the national youth kickboxing tournament, the VNExpress Marathon Sparkling Quy Nhon, the traditional martial arts tournament of the Quang Trung Emperor Cup in 2022.

Binh Dinh Department of Tourism said that most of the 3-5 star hotels in Quy Nhon city in this province had no rooms available during the holidays of April 30 and May 1, because of tourists. booked in advance.

According to Director of Binh Dinh Department of Tourism Tran Van Thanh, in the past years, Quy Nhon – Binh Dinh tourism has made a strong breakthrough, being classified as a strong growth group of Vietnam’s tourism industry and one of the three cities in the world. Vietnam’s tourist city received the ASEAN Clean Tourism City Award 2020 at the Southeast Asian Tourism Forum – ATF 2020 held in Brunei.

In addition, Quy Nhon is continuously voted as “the leading destination in Southeast Asia” by the world’s leading travel websites such as the British travel magazine Rough Guides.

Mr. Tran Van Thanh said that, after 2 years of the Covid-19 epidemic, Binh Dinh has always been in the group of localities with the fastest speed of tourism recovery after the isolation period.

Taking advantage of synchronous transport infrastructure, upgraded accommodation facilities with the addition of many 5-star resorts and resorts, and a series of creative stimulus programs developed by the province and businesses. The implementation has become a solid launch pad for Binh Dinh tourism to explode further.

In the first 3 months of 2022, Binh Dinh tourism industry is estimated to receive 923,640 visitors, an increase of 23.9% over the same period in 2021; revenue is estimated at 1,283.24 billion VND, up 34.6% over the same period in 2021.

“In the coming time, Binh Dinh tourism industry will work with tourism businesses to make efforts to act and adapt flexibly, not to miss the rhythm of recovery and development of tourism activities. The picture of the tourism industry has developed. Revealing bright colors right from the beginning of the year of the Tiger in 2022 will be the premise for Binh Dinh tourism to develop back into the new normal, including the domestic and international tourism market,” said Mr. Tran Van Thanh.