Representatives of tourism businesses welcoming international guests confirmed that this is a long-awaited policy because it will create a breakthrough for tourism with long-stay visitors.
Specifically, under the new visa policy, the period of electronic visa (e-visa) will be extended from 30 days to 90 days, valid for multiple entry; The duration of temporary stay at the border gate for people entering the country under the visa exemption category has been extended from 15 days to 45 days.
Mr. Lai Van Quan, Director of Focus Travel Co., Ltd (Focustours) said: "In the short term, this new visa policy will have an immediate impact on the flow of small tourists, "backpackers" due to time. flexible and biased towards experiential travel. In the long run, this policy is geared towards tourists, avoiding the winter of European countries, and Russia often has a long holiday at the end of the year."
And Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Chairman of Rustic Hospitality Group said: “Since the information about the new visa policy is available, the unit has informed this information to its partners and designed more accommodation products to increase the duration from 15 days to 20-25 days. Besides, the unit also diversified products based on e-visa valid for multiple entry in 90 days. Accordingly, guests can travel to Vietnam from the North, through Laos, to Cambodia and back to travel to the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City.
“The new visa policy creates confidence for tourism businesses to invest in facilities and human resources to create new products and improve service quality. to attract guests. Combined with good advertising and promotion, the number of international visitors is expected to increase by 20-30%, but more importantly, exploit the flow of long-stay guests and increase business efficiency," he said. Nguyen Ngoc Bich shared.
According to Mr. Vu The Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, the implementation of the new visa policy is a big step in removing bottlenecks for Vietnam's tourism after the COVID-19 epidemic. The current problem is that tourism businesses create suitable products and promote information to international tourists to know about this new policy to actively plan their travel to Vietnam.
Statistics from the National Tourism Administration show that the rate of searching for information about Vietnam's tourism in some European markets has continuously increased. Vietnam is in the top of the world in terms of search, from 11th position to 6th position today. Vietnam is also the only destination in Southeast Asia in this group. Accordingly, Vietnam has a growth rate of 10%-25%, ranking 6th in the world, much higher than the general growth rate of Southeast Asia.
The international markets that are most interested in Vietnam tourism include the US, Japan, Australia, India, Korea, Singapore, UK, Malaysia, Germany and France. These are also key markets of Vietnam's tourism.
In order to synchronously implement policies to attract international visitors, on August 15, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference to disseminate new documents to accelerate the recovery and accelerate tourism development. effective and sustainable Vietnam calendar. In which, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism together with provinces and tourism units implement action plans to implement Resolution 8; popularize Vietnam tourism marketing strategy to 82; popularize the project to build a number of models to develop night tourism products…
Talking to the News reporter, Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoi An City (Quang Nam) said: Since the beginning of the year, Hoi An has attracted more than 1,9 million international visitors. There are about 1,5 million international visitors. It is noteworthy that international visitors to Hoi An mainly come in the form of small, family. Currently, tourism in Hoi An has recovered about 60%. Therefore, the new visa policy, applied from August 15, creates an opportunity for Hoi An tourism to attract a stream of long-stay guests and increase their experience.
“Service facilities in Hoi An have also invested in improving service quality, aiming for in-depth and sustainable development. We expect that by the end of this year, Hoi An tourism will fully recover and accelerate development from 2024,” said Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh.
“The synchronous implementation of policies to attract tourists from the central to local levels, tourism businesses; Including the new visa policy, it is expected that Vietnam's tourism will have breakthroughs by the end of 2023 and accelerate its development in 2024," shared Mr. Ha Van Sieu, deputy director of the National Tourism Administration.
