The first 9 months of 2015, the tourism activities have to face a plenty of challenges and opportunities interwoven. Around the world, political instability, armed conflict, epidemics occurred in some areas, the devaluation of some currency, the strongly increasing competition among the countries in the regionhas affected the guests moving stream and tourist destinations.
The recent outstanding points are tourism receiving attention very closely to the lead of Party and State from the Government, the Prime Minister issued several resolutions and directives to remove difficulties and problems in the industry. Along with the support of the ministries, the realated branches, the support of the entire political system and society.
With that fundamental advantages, the efforts of the whole industry, in 3 months July, August, September the international visitors to Vietnam have been grown again, ending in 13 months of continuous decline since mid-2014. In 9 months, the tourism industry has welcomed 5,689,512 international passengers (decrease 5.9% over the same period in 2014), serving 48.8 million domestic visitors (which stay passengers reached 23.4 million), revenue from the tourists reached 270 trillion (up 2.8%)
Having a speech at the press conference, the General Director Nguyen Van Tuan emphasized, in the recovery of international visitors in the last 3 months, there is a major change in terms of quality visitors. In particular, the market has high spending visitors and long-stay which increases well; Russian tourist market and Chinese customers begin to recover with mostly traveling by air; Guests from 6 European markets has been free of visa (including the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Belarus) which had a positive growth ... Especially, the explosion of domestic tourists during long Tet holidays has contributed to offset the income from international visitors.
The first 9 months of 2015 have witnessed the positive activities of the tourism industry in overcoming the objective and instrinsic difficulties to recover the growth in customers. The whole industry has focused aggressively in implementing Resolution No. 92 / NQ-CP, No. 39 / NQ-CP, No. 40 / NQ-CP, No. 46 / NQ-CP of the Government, Directive No. 14 / CT TTg of the Prime Minister, which focuses on content: Building support Fund for tourism development; Propose of amending the land uses tax breaks and rents for accommodation establishments; tourist areas use more space areas for landscaping; Implement promotional activities, promotion to attract tourists from European countries having visa exemption; Join the delegation of the State Steering Committee on Tourism to check the situation of tourism activities in the locality.
Along with that, a very important task is to focus on promoting the amended study to the Tourism Law in 2005 which creates more favorably legal framework to the tourism development, in line with the new situation; Deploy up, evaluation and publication process of planning a national tour; Directing and coordinating in organizing activities within the framework of the National Tourism Year 2015 in Thanh Hoa and in preparation the National Tourism Year 2016 - Phu Quoc - Kien Giang with the theme "Discover the land of the South".
Relating to the European market has been exempted from visas, shortly after the government issued a resolution, the General Department of Tourism has been working expeditiously with the Embassy of other countries in Viet Nam in order to inform the situation; Providing information to the markets through a partnership of the General Department of Tourism, Vietnam Airlines ... Working with tourism associations, travel agencies to develop suitable tourism products; Invited, welcomed the Famtrip delegations, Presstrip from that markets to Vietnam market surveys; International press release helps to promote the offer for the foreign press. These activities have brought positive effect on growing quickly from the market visitors. General Director Nguyen Van Tuan said that passenger mainly growth in citizens of six countries for living and working in areas near Vietnam, rather than the source from the main market in Europe, so Visitor from distant markets often travel planning from the previous 6 months to 12 months.
The promotion, internal and abroad tourism promotion gradually implemented professionally and efficiently. Tourism has cooperated closely with local authorities, businesses, units organized successfully the green Week of tourism in the Mekong River Delta, the International Tourism Fair VITM Hanoi 2015 VITM and National Tourism Fair ITE HCMC 2015; Joint in the international tourism fairs such as: Travex Fair, ITB Berlin 2015, Intourmarket, MITT, TTM, JATA, PATA Travel Mart, organized program to introduce Vietnam's tourism in Singapore, Indonesia, India, China, Czech Republic - Slovakia ...
Recently, tourism has witnessed a spurt investment of strategic investors as VinGroup, SunGroup, Muong Thanh, FLC ... in key tourist areas, creating a new appearance, quality services of international-class. General Director Nguyen Van Tuan evaluate the investment of strategies investors have recently contributed greatly to the development of tourism in the regions there, and confirmed positive tourism sector will create conditions more favorable to encourage strategic investors to expand investment in other localities.
In the last 3 months of 2015, tourism will continue to focus on implementing Resolution No. 92 / NQ-CP, Directive No. 14 / CT-TTg, ensure the progress ò construction in Tourism Law (Revised); Directing in implementation the operation, conducting in summarizing the National Tourism Year 2015, and the preparation of the National Tourism Year 2016; Implementing promotional activities in plan, tourism promotion abroad tourism efficiency; Implementing the tasks under the National Action Plan on Tourism and Promotion Program under the National Tourism Plan 2015; Promote international co-operation in the field of tourism.
General Director Nguyen Van Tuan said in recently tourism with the technical support of the EU-project construction ESRT held a 30-second introduce clip about Vietnam's tourism. From day 20/10/2015, this clip will be broadcast 300 times on TV Travel Channel (UK) - a popular TV channel specializing in tourism of Britain. Thereby to attract large amounts of visitors not only from the UK but also in other areas in Europe and worldwide.
Related to visa excemption policy, to address the limitations of time visa exemption for 15 days only, tourism will propose all levels create favorable conditions in extension for visitors in Vietnam; and will continue to coordinate with other ministries and sectors to study and give out an proposal to the Government policies for extending visa excemption and the expansion of visa excemption route.
At the press conference, the journalists were also provided more information about the activities to strengthen ASEAN integration in the field of tourism, especially the roadmap towards formation of the ASEAN Economic Community by the end of this year. In particular, one of the most important issues is to implement the Agreement on mutual recognition of vocational tourism (MRA-TP). Currently, the General Department of Tourism is urgently completing the integration program to strengthen the ASEAN Economic Community in the field of tourism to the Minister of Culture.
Regarding to the promotion, during the period from now until the end of the year, the tourism industry will attend in important events including the World Tourism Fair WTM (UK), ITB Asia (Singapore), travel fair tourism in Chengdu (China); organization launched markets programs in Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Spain and Belarus. Besides introducing Vietnam's tourism at the European market which has been visa exemption, a new point here is the choice of Tourism Department to introduce Vietnam's tourism in Singapore and Hong Kong as the biggest transshipment traveler hub in Asia.
Source: http://vietnamtourism.gov.vn/
