At the meeting, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung said that after reopening tourism activities from March 15 until now, the tourism industry has focused on the domestic market and has achieved Impressive recovery results.
From the beginning of 2022 until now, the tourism industry has served nearly 72 million domestic tourists (the full year plan is 60 million), 733,000 international visitors.
Total revenue reached 316,000 billion VND. The number of tour operators returning to operation and issuing new licenses has increased again, with 2,563 international tour operators and 1,060 domestic tour operators.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the State Steering Committee on Tourism, chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of solutions to promote tourism recovery, on August 17. (Photo: VGP)
At the meeting, the delegates focused on discussing the operation mechanism of the Tourism Development Support Fund; implementing national tourism promotion abroad; strengthen tourism activities associated with the connection between localities and sectors; Expanding the form of electronic visa issuance, electricity tariff calculation mechanism for tourism services...
After the pandemic, 90% of accommodation establishments reopened, reaching over 55% of room capacity with weekdays and weekends reaching over 95%, especially destinations with great attraction.
Transport and aviation activities meet the needs of foreign tourists quite well. New jobs, promotion and promotion of tourism products are promoted.
The most effective linkage activity is the connection between tourist centers (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang ...) with neighboring destinations. This is also an opportunity to develop sustainable tourism where the main priority of sustainable tourism is to conserve, preserve and promote the value of cultural heritages in Vietnam, reducing the impact on the environment.
However, the tourism industry is also facing the pressure of high service prices and inadequate service quality. There is a shortage of professional human resources in accommodation and service establishments. Vietnam's competitive advantage in visa issuance and length of stay is not as favorable as that of other countries.
The establishment of overseas tourism promotion offices to actively research, market orientation, support connection, direct, and promote international tourism is at a very limited extent.
Vu The Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, said that in order for tourism to recover sustainably after the Covid-19 epidemic, besides domestic tourism, there should be measures to strongly promote the growth of international visitors. in order to continue to keep and improve the quality of tourism services, to be able to compete with other countries.
Regarding the results of the implementation of Resolution 08-NQ/TW and Resolution 103/NQ-CP of the Government on the Government's action plan to implement Resolution 08-NQ/TW, Minister Nguyen Van Hung said that it is very necessary. remove institutional obstacles related to immigration, transit and accommodation regulations to make it more convenient for international tourists; setting up tourism representative offices in some key markets; mechanism for linking tourism development between sectors and localities in the region; continue to perform the tasks stated in the Strategy for Tourism Development of Vietnam to 2030.
Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh proposed the establishment of tourism promotion offices of associations, with the core being large tourism enterprises, in a number of key markets, with the support of the National Tourism Administration. embassies, business offices in the host country, tourism development support fund, etc.
Regarding the issue of entry visas, a representative of the Ministry of Public Security said that currently the Ministry of Public Security has issued electronic visas to citizens of about 80 countries, exempting visas for 25 countries. Some members of the Steering Committee believe that the key point is to create favorable conditions in the issuance of electronic visas for visitors such as shortening and extending the stay.
Regarding the structure of electricity tariff calculation for services and tourist accommodation establishments, after listening to the report of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to urgently complete and submit it to the Prime Minister. before deciding to adjust the electricity price applied to tourist accommodation establishments equal to the price of electricity produced; At the same time, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, associations and tourism businesses must actively research and propose very specific policies on tax incentives, fees, and land rent...
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to review and re-evaluate the operational status of tourism business households affected by the epidemic, thereby proposing support. Fit; actively coordinate and support key groups of tourism businesses to form key tourist routes linking localities; restart the activity of digitizing heritage with the participation of tourism enterprises to serve new tourism products.
According to Nhandan Newspaper
