02:10, 14/10/2020

Travel stimulus boost to help resume COVID-19-battered tourism industry

Khanh Hoa People's Committee has just issued a document to kickstart and resume the local COVID-19-battered tourism industry...

Khanh Hoa People’s Committee has just issued a document to kickstart and resume the local COVID-19-battered tourism industry. Accordingly, Khanh Hoa People’s Committee assigned the Department of Tourism to urgently work with Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association and travel, hotel and restaurant businesses in the province to implement tourism promotion plans, helping to accelerate tourism recovery during the last months of the year. The Department of Tourism was required to report results and provide consultancy within its competence to the provincial People’s Committee before October 31.
 
COVID-19 has caused considerable loss and challenges to the local tourism sector. The number of tourists to Khanh Hoa Province till the end of September, 2020 is estimated to be 1 million, including more than 427,000 international visitors and 603,000 domestic ones, down by 81.5% compared with 2019. The total revenue from tourism industry is estimated to reach VND6,055.5 billion, down by 78.5% compared with the same period last year.
 
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Translated by N.T