Ho Chi Minh City recorded 1,800 visitors booking hotel rooms during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 9 to 17, the municipal Department of Tourism reported after summarising figures from 22 of the 124 local 3 to 5-star hotels.

It’s fair to say that 2020 was a challenging year for Vietnam’s tourism sector, but it wasn’t an unmitigated disaster. Analysts have said that COVID-19 created a turning point for both local and international tourism, requiring travel companies study and craft a new future for their business.

VOV.VN - Tourism growth in a number of central localities, such as Da Nang city, Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam, and Quang Ngai is enduring a slowdown due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, thereby causing lasting damage which will could linger for many years.

VOV.VN - Due to the complicated developments of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), short breaks can be considered a suitable choice of activity for the upcoming holiday, so here are some suggestions for local people who wish to travel during Tet:

VOV.VN - The “Mekong Innovations in Sustainable Tourism” (MIST) programme has been launched in an effort to focus on innovations in sustainable tourism, resilience, and climate change in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Ho Chi Minh City tourism sector this year plans to focus on digitalisation of the industry and promotion of domestic tourism amid a downturn in tourism because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested COVID-19-hit areas to cancel the organisation of festivals and cultural activities of mass gatherings in an effort to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

VOV.VN - 2020 was a difficult year for all businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was a year in which Vietnamese enterprises exerted greater efforts for international integration and development.

VOV.VN - A tourism culture week running with the main theme of flowers was launched on January 22 in Sa Dec city in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

VOV.VN - MICE tourism, a form of tourism combined with meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions, is expected to flourish in the central city of Da Nang this year after the locality received 700 tourists on January 22.