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According to Ms. Vuong Hai Yen, Deputy Director of the Thanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the north-central province aims to welcome more than 11 million visitors this year, an increase of 3.2-fold against 2021 and reaching 110.1 per cent of the plan. Tourism revenue is targeted at more than VND20 trillion ($808.4 million), a four-fold rise and 111.8 per cent of the plan.

In a bid to improve the image and quality of the local tourism sector, the Hai Phong Department of Tourism has proposed that the Hai Phong City People’s Committee establish a Tourism Area Management Board in each district with tourist resorts. The Boards would help authorities at all levels research and assess the sustainable exploitation of natural resources and the development of tourism products and brands in the northern port city.

Figures from the General Statistics Office show that international visitors to Vietnam stood at more than 2.35 million in the first ten months of the year, or 18.8-fold higher year-on-year but down 83.7 per cent compared to the same period of 2019, before Covid-19. In October, international visitors totaled 484,400, up 12.1 per cent against September and 45.9-times higher year-on-year.

After being temporarily suspended due to Covid-19, Starlux Airlines’ direct flights between Da Nang and Taipei, Taiwan (China) resumed on October 28. Da Nang catered to more than 2,100 arriving and departing international flights and over 280,000 passengers in the first nine months of 2022. It expects to see more international routes resume over the closing months of the year.