08:07, 28/07/2020

Summer tourist season invigorates businesses to overcome difficulties

Starting from mid July, the number of tourists to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa has increased. Tourism summer season is expected to partly help tourism businesses overcome this difficult period.

Starting from mid July, the number of tourists to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa has increased. Tourism summer season is expected to partly help tourism businesses overcome this difficult period.
 
According to travel companies, in recent days, the number of tourists from places to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa is very large. Many companies have launched promotions and marketing programs to attract visitors. Mr. Doan Hai Quan - Director of Vietravel Nha Trang Branch, Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Travel Association (under Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Tourism Association) said that the number of tours sold to tourists in July increased by 160% compared to the previous month. Phan Dinh Thao - Director of Saigontourist Nha Trang said that MICE guests (tourists traveling to join the event) have started coming back. Currently, the company has many MICE tour organization contracts from now until the end of August.
In addition to guests booking tour groups, many tourists also book rooms to Nha Trang. “Currently, information about tourism services of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa as well as other provinces and cities is widely advertised. Therefore, instead of booking tours, we proactively book  rooms, and then learn about places to go and to eat ", said Nguyen Van Tinh (from Bac Giang Province), who just booked rooms at Champa Island Nha Trang Resort to take 20 people to Nha Trang for 3 days and 2 nights.
 

 

Tourists taking tours to visit Nha Trang Bay
Tourists taking tours to visit Nha Trang Bay
 
The increase in the number of tourists has make destinations in the city such as Vinpearl, Tam Island, I-resort Nha Trang busier. Representative of Vinpearl Joint Stock Company said that Vinpearl Land (Vinwonders Nha Trang) welcomed about 5,000 visitors a day. By this time, the number of visitors to Vinpearl Land has increased by more than 2.5 times compared to the time when the tourism activity returned in early May 2020. 
 
Summer tourism season has invigorated Khanh Hoa tourism, but according to many businesses, Khanh Hoa tourism still faces many difficulties because of the empty in the international tourist market. According to the Khanh Hoa Travel Association, at present, most of the travel businesses have re-operated but are still only at a standstill, with a capacity of only 30% compared to the same period last year because they only do domestic tourism. Nguyen Quang Thang - Director of Tictours International Travel Co., Ltd said: “The pause of international tourism market has made our company very difficult. For employees to have jobs, we have to switch to the domestic tourism market ... However, this is only a temporary solution as the number of domestic tourists will decrease deeply in September when the summer tourism season ends.” Hotels and resorts are also operating in a bid to have income for their employees. 
 
According to Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Tourism, Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa is a favorite destination for domestic tourists; therefore, businesses need to take advantage of the golden time of the summer tourist season to attract tourists in order to create jobs for employees and maintain their operations until the epidemic ends and tourism recovers.
 
Xuan Thanh
 
Translated by T.T