Foreign tourists take a cruise on the Da River

Many prestigious awards

The "bumpy season" of Vietnam's tourism awards was signaled when the nominations for the World Travel Awards (WTA) were officially announced at the end of September. If the nominations for means of transport are included, , accommodation, food and destinations, Vietnam has dozens of nominations. This is an annual tourism award for all sectors that make up the tourism industry, such as destinations, accommodation, travel, tour organization and operation, airlines, transportation...

The most prominent are six nominations in the world's top six categories, including: World's Leading Cultural Destination 2019; World's Leading Destination (World's Leading Destination 2019); World's Leading Tourist Board, for Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (World's Leading Tourist Board 2019); The world's leading city destination, for Hanoi city (World's Leading City Destination 2019); World's Leading Culinary Destination 2019; The world's leading cultural city destination, for Hoi An (World's Leading Cultural City Destination 2019).

In addition, in the Destination category, Ha Long Bay and Da Nang were nominated for the World's Leading Attraction Awards, and the World's Leading Cultural and Event Destination, along with Vietnam Airlines with seven awards. nominations related to services, entertainment ... in flight, and Viettravel was nominated for two nominations for Tour Operator and the world's leading travel agency.

The largest number of nominations for accommodation are hotels, resorts… with 23 nominations along with familiar names such as JW Mariot, Villa @Six senses Con Dao, Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Intercontinental, Anantara Quy Nhon, The Grand Ho Tram Resort…

At the WTA Asia - Oceania Awards Gala held in Phu Quoc in mid-October, Vietnam tourism was honored with four awards: Asia's Leading Destination 2019; Asia's Leading Culinary Destination 2019; Asia's Leading Cultural Destination 2019; Asia's leading cultural city destination 2019: Hoi An. In particular, this is also the first time Vietnamese cuisine has been honored as Asia's Leading Culinary Destination 2019.

Then, at the 26th World Travel Awards (WTA) Awards Ceremony just held in Muscat (Oman), Vietnam was honored as a World Heritage Top Destination 2019 for the second time and for the third time. recognized as the World's Best Golf Destination 2019.

Not to mention, in January this year, Vietnam also won 15 ASEAN tourism awards within the framework of ASEAN Tourism Forum - ATF 2019.

The major awards in the international arena not only bring honor to the tourism industry, but also mark the world's recognition for the strong growth of Vietnam's tourism.

The number of visitors continuously broke the record

The year 2019 also recorded a continuous increase in the number of international visitors to Vietnam. Starting in January with the number of international visitors reaching more than 1.5 million, the months from July to the end of November continuously increased. In particular, in October and November alone, two records of the number of international visitors to Vietnam were continuously set. In August, after returning to 1.5 million visitors after three months of summer decline, the number of international visitors to Vietnam continuously increased, and October reached a record high of 1.62 million. This number was quickly replaced by a new milestone of November: more than 1.8 million visits, a new record.

Trang An, which attracts a lot of foreign tourists.

The growth of the last months of the year has contributed to an increase in the total number of international tourists to Vietnam. According to the General Statistics Office, after 12 months, the total number of international visitors to Vietnam is estimated to have reached 18 million. Thus, the tourism industry has successfully completed the goal of welcoming 17.5-18 million international visitors in 2019.

With an increase of 13 and 11% in October and November, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism considers this to be a growth rate significantly higher than the average growth rate of the world. According to the assessment of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in the first 6 months of 2019, international visitors worldwide grew by 4%, of which Asia-Pacific increased by 6%, Southeast Asia increased by 5. %... The good news is that all key markets have increased, including Europe, Asia, America, Africa...

High growth rates and prestigious international awards are strong motivations for the tourism industry to continue to develop, however, Vietnam's tourism also has to solve many internal problems to develop more sustainably. , to increase the quality, especially to improve the rate of tourists coming back for the next time. Issues that have been mentioned many times over the years, such as visa application procedures, slash-and-burn incidents, overcrowding in some tourist destinations, the face of local tourism, people's attitudes towards tourists, the missing and weak elements of the tourism industry, improving service quality uniformly... if not quickly resolved, it will become an increasingly large obstacle on the development path of Vietnam's tourism.

Source: People's Newspaper