Waking up from “hibernation”, tourism breathes life into destinations

The numbers of visitors and revenue from the two holidays make many tourists almost … can’t believe it. Busy destinations like never before have a quiet day. Waking up from a two-year long “hibernation”, tourism breathes life into destinations.

Show “Battle of the Moon Kingdom” at Sun World Ba Na Hills

Brilliant revival

Sun World Ba Na Hills (Da Nang), jubilant B’estival Beer and Food Festival, cool beer scent, delicious dishes, Sun God waterfall glowing regal golden color, show “Battle of the Kings” Kingdom of the Moon” captivated thousands of visitors… Launching many new projects and products, Ba Na Hills has surprised visitors when it returned to welcome guests. “This resort is getting more and more beautiful, majestic and brilliant every day,” said Hoang Nga, a tourist from Hanoi.

B’estival Food and Beer Festival in Ba Na

Until the days after the ceremony, the iconic tourist area of ​​Da Nang on the top of Ba Na continues to be bustling and vibrant. Tourists’ desire to go, combined with the destination’s thoughtful preparation with a series of explosive products, has made the destination of Da Nang receive more positive signals since the anniversary of the death anniversary. group 10/3 to present.

In Phu Quoc, Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park welcomes tens of thousands of visitors every weekend. The Paradise Night Combo with all levels of experience that this tourist complex is deploying is highly appreciated by visitors. Because with just one pass, visitors can fully enjoy the most beautiful part of Phu Quoc, the South Island, from watching the sea and islands from above with Hon Thom cable car; enjoy exciting sea games at Bai Trao; challenge with 21 emotional slides at Aquatopia water park; adventure with the journey to conquer the raging Moc Xa – the first wooden roller coaster in Vietnam; admire Hon Thom from above with the new game “Eagle Eyes” and enjoy delicious dishes and fiery Aboriginal dances from international artists.

Experience Paradise Night at Hon Thom

Nguyen Phuong Dao from Vinh Phuc couldn’t help but be surprised: “Almost 2 years stuck in the house, thinking that the destinations forgotten by the epidemic would degrade. But surprisingly, Phu Quoc surprised me, because a lot of new constructions and tourism products are really monumental.”

Across the country, destinations bustling with exciting new product launches. A Ha Long Cruise Night Street is expected to create a different and unique entertainment space for the heritage area at night. A brilliant Fansipan Rose Festival and the event “Horses in the clouds” attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors to Sa Pa… Tourism wakes up, many destinations are dressed in new clothes. The gloom and gloom during the epidemic has now been replaced by a vibrant, bustling and beautiful atmosphere. Everyone seems to see it very clearly: Tourism has been making destinations more beautiful every day.

Race “Horses on the clouds” in Sapa

The bright spot of economic recovery

Mr. Vuong Trinh Quoc – Chairman of Sapa Town People’s Committee affirmed the importance of “green industry”: “Tourism is the key economic sector of Sapa when accounting for 50% of the town’s GDP. This smokeless industry has contributed a lot in socio-economic development and created jobs and income for the people of Sapa as well as other provinces”.Sa Pa is not the only example of drastic changes. strong thanks to tourism development. For many years now, tourism has been an important contributor to the development of many localities. In 1990, the total revenue from tourism only reached VND 1,340 billion, by 2019, that figure will be VND 755,000 billion (equivalent to USD 32.8 billion), of which the total revenue from international tourists will reach VND 421,000 billion. 18.3 billion USD), total revenue from domestic tourists reached 334 trillion VND (14.5 billion USD).

Rose Festival in Sapa

Tourism’s direct contribution to GDP is also increasing. In 2015 reached 6.3%; 2016: 6.9%; 2017: 7.9%; in 2018: 8.3% and in 2019: 9.2%. When an epidemic occurs, people understand the damage to the economy, when tourism freezes. Millions of people have lost their jobs, and destinations are bleak. The follow-up service industries are also almost “dumbfounded”. But after only about 2 months of opening (from March 15, 2022), the sights of the destinations are like being touched by a “magic wand”. Four days of public holidays from April 30 to May 2, Quang Ninh welcomed over 300,000 visitors, Da Nang 254,000 visitors (three or four times the same period last year), Phu Quoc nearly 140,000 visitors. The country’s tourism revenue is estimated at VND 22,000 billion. Particularly in Sapa on this occasion, thanks to unique tourism products such as the Fansipan Rose Festival, the “Horse in the Clouds” season and many other events, the town In the fog, the revenue reached 189 billion VND, the total number of visitors increased by 122% compared to 2019.

Visitors have fun at Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park

Those very positive signals have allowed tourists to expect a brilliant 2022. The green industry aims to achieve a revenue of 400 trillion VND with 65 million visitors. In which, it is expected that there will be about 5 million international visitors and about 60 million domestic tourists. That’s not an out of reach goal. Because with many new products, festivals and projects expected to be invested by large corporations such as Sun Group and expected to launch this year in Phu Quoc, Ha Long, Thanh Hoa…, the tourism industry is growing rapidly. there are solid “flywheels” for quick rebounds and powerful bursts.