Quang Ninh attracts high-quality international visitors

Quang Ninh province is aiming to become a tourist center connecting regional and international.

Quang Ninh provincial leaders and tourism industry welcome international visitors to Ha Long.

With the strategy of shifting from “brown to green”, Quang Ninh province is aiming to become a tourism center connecting the region and the world, a cultural industrial center with high-class resorts, a synchronous and modern infrastructure system, diverse, unique, high-quality tourism products, strong brands and global appeal, attracting high-quality international visitors.

Recently, at Van Don International Airport, the Quang Ninh tourism industry welcomed and congratulated a group of American millionaires who came to visit and experience the tour. The group of 4 people with American nationality, belonging to the Weil and Concordia families, including a famous millionaire in the financial sector, traveled by seaplane from Hanoi to Van Don International Airport.

The two American millionaire families expressed their gratitude for the warm welcome of the province and expressed their deep impression of the unique and majestic beauty of Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay when viewed from the seaplane.

Mr. Weil, an American millionaire, shared: “Through our research, we know that Vietnam is a wonderful country with friendly and hospitable people. We are very happy to come to Vietnam, especially to admire the majestic beauty of the World Heritage Ha Long Bay. We thank the warm welcome of the local government and the friendliness of the people here.”

This is also the second group of millionaires to visit Quang Ninh via Van Don International Airport. Previously, in early 2025, two millionaires in the American financial sector, Jeff Grinspoon and Jon Thomas Foley, visited Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh under this special program. From now until the end of 2025, Quang Ninh will continue to welcome a group of millionaires to visit and experience. In particular, Van Don International Airport will welcome three charter flights from Korea and six flights from Shenzhen (China) to Quang Ninh.

The positive signals from the flow of luxury, high-quality tourists are proof of the efforts to stimulate demand, proactively connect and work with domestic and foreign businesses and travel agencies of the Quang Ninh tourism industry in recent times. The selection of Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long as indispensable stops in the journey shows the special attraction of the world natural heritage and increasingly affirms the position of Quang Ninh on the global luxury tourism map.

Positive signals from the flow of high-quality, luxury tourists are proof of the efforts to stimulate demand, proactively connect and work with domestic and foreign businesses and travel agencies of the Quang Ninh tourism industry in recent times.

Mr. Nguyen Lam Nguyen, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh province, said: “The tourism industry always identifies the expansion and development of new, potential tourism markets as one of the important strategic tasks. Quang Ninh focuses on developing potential international markets such as cruise tourists, visitors from India, the Middle East, Korea, Australia and European countries with high spending levels and long stays.

In addition, developing tourism products is the strength and characteristics of Quang Ninh such as: Sea and island tourism, high-end entertainment, resort tourism, cultural and spiritual tourism. In particular, priority is given to developing new high-quality, international-class, different and outstanding tourism products, meeting the increasing demands of domestic and international tourists.

Along with the traditional products that have created the brand for Quang Ninh tourism, new high-end product lines have also been put into service, gradually creating a good impression on tourists, especially international tourists such as: Live show "Finding the pearl" at Vung Duc cave; night cruise on Ha Long Bay; tours to visit Bai Tu Long Bay, tours to explore pristine islands... In particular, hotel complexes with international brands such as Hyatt, InterContinental Ha Long have welcomed an increasing number of high-end international guests to stay, contributing to increasing revenue for the tourism industry.

In order to attract high-spending international tourists, including billionaires and millionaires, to Quang Ninh, in recent times, the Quang Ninh tourism industry has made efforts to work with travel agencies to exploit this market in the direction of "reducing quantity, increasing quality and increasing customer spending"; at the same time, building specialized and specific tourism programs to attract this high-quality tourist stream.

In order to attract high-spending international tourists, including billionaires and millionaires, to Quang Ninh, in recent times, the Quang Ninh tourism industry has made efforts to work with travel agencies to exploit this market in the direction of "reducing quantity, increasing quality and increasing customer spending"; at the same time, building specialized and specific tourism programs to attract this high-quality tourist stream.

According to the assessment of Indian travel companies, Quang Ninh is currently a favorite tourist destination of the Indian market with a series of high-quality hotels and resorts, along with many attractive landscapes. In particular, the world heritage sites of Ha Long Bay and Yen Tu always attract a large number of international tourists, and it is forecasted that by 2025, the number of Indian tourists to Quang Ninh will increase sharply.

One of the impressive highlights for the tourism industry in Quang Ninh is the excitement of cruise tourism, which has brought a large number of international visitors to Quang Ninh. Since the beginning of the year, Quang Ninh has welcomed dozens of international cruise ships, with more than 50,000 tourists, to visit and experience Quang Ninh, mainly tourists from the US, Germany, UK, France, Japan, China... It is forecasted that in 2025, Quang Ninh will welcome about 80 cruise ships, with more than 100,000 international tourists.

With the goal of promoting and expanding the market of high-quality international tourists, the Quang Ninh tourism industry has increased tourism promotion and advertising at many events. In addition, many tourism businesses have focused on approaching high-paying international tourists. Typically, the Vietyacht Club has invested in 20 private yachts worth hundreds of thousands to millions of USD, focusing on developing high-end experience services on Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay for the luxury segment, of which 65% of the market share is international tourists.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh province Nguyen Lam Nguyen said: “To connect and develop the high-quality international tourist market for the last months of 2025 and the following years, the tourism industry is making efforts to organize tourism promotion programs in China, Taiwan (China), Korea, India, Malaysia, Australia, etc. At the same time, working with travel companies and cruise lines in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Beihai to turn Quang Ninh into a four-season cruise destination, strongly attracting this type of tourist.”

In the coming time, the Quang Ninh tourism industry will continue to call on reputable investors to develop new tourism products, targeting resorts for the luxury segment. At the same time, increase the supply of high-end hotels and seek partnerships with international branded hotels; improve the quality and consistency of accommodation facilities in perfecting the star rating system for hotels. Along with that, aim to develop high-quality eco-tourism areas on islands in Van Don special economic zone, entertainment complexes, shopping centers and golf courses...

The increasing number of international visitors to Quang Ninh, including high-quality visitors, has demonstrated the efforts of the province and the tourism industry in constantly diversifying tourism products, enhancing experiences, extending length of stay, increasing tourists' spending ability, and at the same time, promoting and promoting tourism activities. These efforts are the lever for Quang Ninh and the tourism industry to successfully achieve the goal of welcoming more than 20 million visitors, including 4.5 million international visitors and revenue of more than VND 57,000 billion in 2025.

LUONG QUANG THO

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