On the afternoon of December 25th, the Culture and Education Committee of the National Assembly in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a tourism seminar 2021 with the theme "Vietnam Tourism - Recovery and Development". The seminar was held directly in Nghe An province and connected online with the Government Office and 19 key tourism provinces and cities. Attending were Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue - Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman; Vu Duc Dam - Deputy Prime Minister. At Khanh Hoa point, Mr. Le Huu Hoang - Member of Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Le Huu Tri - Deputy Head of the specialized delegation of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation attended.
Khanh Hoa is welcoming international tourists with "vaccine passports" to gradually recover and develop the tourism industry. Illustrative photo.
At the seminar, National Assembly deputies, managers, experts, businesses and organizations operating in the field of tourism at home and abroad discussed the following issues: Orientation, solutions to restore and improve, develop Vietnam's tourism quickly and sustainably; propose the National Assembly and the Government to have timely solutions to remove difficulties and support businesses and people; provide information for National Assembly deputies to decide on breakthrough policies to restore and develop tourism in the "new normal" condition; Digital transformation for tourism businesses…
According to a report of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, from 2020 to now, Vietnam's tourism industry continues to suffer many effects and damages due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic; tourism development indicators continued to decline sharply. In the first 10 months of 2021, total revenue from tourists is estimated at 138,150 billion Dong, down 45.42% over the same period in 2020; 90 - 95% of travel businesses stop operating; room capacity is estimated at 5%; about 30% of employees in the tourism industry quit or terminate their labor contracts; about 35% of employees are temporarily absent from work; about 10% of employees work moderately...
Particularly in Khanh Hoa, in 2021, the revenue of the tourism industry is only estimated at 2,430 billion Dong, decreased 52.24% compared to 2020; the total number of guests staying was estimated at nearly 643,000 arrivals, down 48.55%; Average room capacity is estimated at 8.4%...
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