As tourism recovers in the new normal after the lifting of pandemic related restrictions, self-organized tours bypassing travel agency services have emerged as a rising trend, a local report says.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s 12 provinces and Cần Thơ City have developed more OCOP products under the country’s “one commune – one product” (OCOP) programme, creating brand names for speciality products and promoting their sales.
Update: May, 25/2021 - 08:22 |
oSmall groups of tourists visit Phú Quốc Island in Kiên Giang Province. Photo kynghiviet.vn
HCM CITY – Tourism businesses should be flexible to foster domestic travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have said.
The pandemic has caused travellers to pay more attention to health, safety, hygiene, travel insurance, and avoiding crowds, pushing demand for luxury accommodation with isolated spaces, travel to nearby places and shorter vacations.
According to surveys, people pay attention to safety rather than price and choose high-quality travel products.
Demand for marine and nature tourism products is increasing rapidly.
Customers make direct online bookings on websites of tour operators.
Tourism businesses need to becom
Tourism businesses need to become flexible post-pandemic
Tourism businesses should be flexible to foster domestic travel amid the
Covid-19 pandemic, experts have said. Small groups of tourists visit Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang Province. Photo kynghiviet.vn.
The pandemic has caused travellers to pay more attention to health, safety,
hygiene, travel insurance, and avoiding crowds, pushing demand for luxury
accommodation with isolated spaces, travel to nearby places and shorter
vacations.
According to surveys, people pay attention to safety rather than price and
choose high-quality travel products.
Demand for marine and nature tourism products is increasing rapidly.
Friday, 20:35, 16/04/2021
Thousands of representatives from tourism management agencies and enterprises gathered in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 15 to discuss ways to promote domestic tourism.
Ninh Binh hosts many spectacular landscapes. The province this year has been chosen as the host of the National Tourism Year 2021 (Photo: 24h.com)
At the national domestic tourism forum with the theme Domestic Tourism - Power Force for Recovering Vietnam s Tourism in New Normal Situation , the participants heard various speeches.
Vu The Binh, Vice Permanent Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, said promoting domestic tourism is the lifebuoy for the whole sector.