VOV.VN - Major travel firms have expressed their concerns about the Ministry of Health’s latest COVID-19 rules, saying Vietnam will find it difficult to attract foreign visitors as of March 15 unless the policy is revised.

VOV.VN - Easing visa policies for international tourists can be viewed as the most crucial thing to fully tap into the Russian market in the future, according to tour operators.

VOV.VN - The first-ever charter flight carrying Vietnamese tourists to the Indian city of Gaya departed from Noi Bai International Airport at 13:35 p.m. and landed at Gaya Airport in the northeast of India at 15:50 p.m. on February 28.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has resumed international air routes to/from 20 countries and territories, and local airlines are currently considering opening up more routes to the Middle East and Turkey.

VOV.VN - The Russian currency (RUB) has begun to depreciate over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, resulting in a string of cancellations by Russian tourists wishing to visit Vietnam and greatly impacting the plans of local travel agencies.

The central city of Da Nang is rolling out measures to attract more MICE (meeting, incentives, conferences and events) tourists, given the positive signs on the recovery of the tourism sector this year.

Like e-commerce and retail, customers in the tourism and hotel industry now tend to book tours on the websites providing customised travel experiences.

The tourism sector should pay special heed to improving the quality of tourism products, infrastructure facilities and human resources, and utilities provided for foreign tourists in order to increase its competitiveness and attract more foreign visitors in the post-COVID-19 pandemic.

To meet tourists’ demands and needs in 2022, many new breakthrough products will be on offer when borders reopen, according to the director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism (DoT) on February 18 publicised a list of hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists arriving in the city in the coming time.