Tourism recovery offsets economic setbacks

Thanh Nien Newspaper organizes Workshop "Open visa, restore tourism "

As one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to reopen after the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam has the lowest tourism recovery rate compared to other countries in the region?

According to VisaGuide.World, announced at the end of 2022, Vietnam's tourism recovery rate is currently only 18.1%, while neighboring countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia or Cambodia all have rates of 26 - 31%. The important reason is that the number of international visitors, a group of visitors who play an important role in Vietnam's tourism industry, has not met expectations. The proof is that in the 3 years before the Covid-19 pandemic, the average number of international visitors to Vietnam was only 1/5 of domestic visitors but contributed about 58% of total tourism revenue.

In 2022, we set a target of attracting 5 million international visitors but only reached 3.5 million. In 2023, Vietnam plans to attract 8 million international visitors, but this number is facing a huge challenge as China added Vietnam to the list of countries issuing group visas later than expected. One of the reasons why Vietnam opened early but international visitors are fewer than neighboring countries is visa-related issues.

To revive tourism, aviation, accommodation and service businesses that are facing great difficulties; to restore tourism, the country's spearhead economic sector, Thanh Nien Newspaper will organize a workshop "Opening visas, restoring tourism" at 8:30 a.m. on March 10 with the participation of leaders of competent state agencies; experts, leading businesses in the fields of tourism, services and aviation in Vietnam. The goal of the workshop is to propose solutions and proposals to attract international visitors, thereby restoring tourism, contributing to the country's economic growth.

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