Khanh Hoa ready for return of Chinese tourists
VOV.VN - The tourism sector of the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa has made active preparations ahead of welcoming back Chinese travelers following the first flights bringing Chinese tourists back to the nation being successfully conducted in April.
This marked the first flight taking Chinese travelers to Khanh Hoa after the northern neighbour resumed outbound group tours to Vietnam on March 15.
The flight was conducted by Bamboo Airways in collaboration with AsiaTourist to bring more than 150 tourists from Macao, China, to the coastal city of Nha Trang after a three year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At present, local travel firms plan to organise four flights to carry passengers from Macao to Cam Ranh every week as of April.
Furthermore, Khanh Hoa province also intends to launch additional routes from localities such as Shanghai and Fujian in China to the locality, with a frequency of three flights per week starting from May.
Nguyen Van Duong, representative of Asia Tourist Co., Ltd., said the company is continuously seeking new partners from various provinces and cities across China in a bid to elevate Nha Trang's image to Chinese tourists whilst continuing to bring more visitors to the city.
Before 2020, the locality had welcomed 2.5 million Chinese tourists every year, duly accounting for 70% of the international tourist market. With the aim of restoring the international tourism market this year, the return of visitors from Macao is expected to help the local tourism industry fulfil its annual target of receiving 1.5 million foreign arrivals.
Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, director of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Tourism, revealed that the number of Chinese tourists to the province is anticipated to increase remarkably from the end of April.
In the immediate future, the provincial Tourism Department suggested that local tourism businesses actively connect with Chinese firms in order to bring more visitors to the locality moving forward.
The provincial tourism sector will continue to dispatch delegations to localities throughout the norther neighbour in order to introduce popular destinations in Nha Trang city and Khanh Hoa to Chinese visitors, Thanh continued.
Moreover, tourism facilities are required to make thorough preparations in terms of infrastructure and workforce to ensure that they can provide the best service to customers, she added.
