The travel units are committed to 10 - 60% discount but still use the quality of service.
The People's Committee of Lao Cai province cooperates with the Vietnam Tourism Association on June 16 to organize a conference on stimulating tourism in the Northwest - Lao Cai and discussing on building special tourist products. The program was attended by representatives of Lao Cai province and more than 150 business units of tourism and travel services across the country.
To overcome the consequences of Covid-19, Lao Cai province has implemented the first stimulus package. From 5/2020, the province receives 40,000 passengers on average, the peak week reaches 98,000 visitors, said Mr. Ha Van Thang, Director of Lao Cai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Panoramic Fansipan Legend viewed from above. Photo: Tran Minh Dung.
With this positive outlook, Lao Cai continues to organize a second summer tourism stimulus program, with 90 units registered to participate. According to the program, there are 4 zones, sights that apply a reduction of 10 - 60%; 48 accommodation and hotel establishments saw a decrease of 10 - 55%; 12 restaurants offer discounts of 10 - 20%; 4 travel agencies and 4 tour operators registered 20 - 30% reduction.
In addition, Lao Cai also plans to organize a number of attractive tourist activities in 2020 such as Rose Festival and Sa Pa wine for the first time in Sapa Summer Festival, Bat Xat District Autumn Festival in year. 2020, VMM International Cross-Country Marathon, Fansipan Marathon ... Visitors also have the opportunity to experience the new product Adventure Cableboard Tourism in Hoang Lien National Park.
According to Mr. Vu The Binh - Permanent Vice Chairman of Vietnam Tourism Association, after Covid-19, the Northwest provinces should focus on speeding up the tourism stimulus program, creating a vibrant tourist atmosphere, building images. Photo a safe destination to attract guests. He also noted localities stimulating not only promotion, discount but merely focusing on service quality, because this is a decisive factor.
Conference stimulating tourism Northwest - Lao Cai find solutions to attract tourists back. Photo: Ngan Duong.
Mr. Nguyen Huu Tan - representative of Vietravel Tourism Company (Ho Chi Minh City), said that the Northwest provinces are currently duplicating ecotourism products. Therefore, each locality should choose 2 - 3 typical and different tourism products to be the highlight to attract tourists.
Besides, transport infrastructure for tourism is also a matter of concern. According to Nguyen Phi Hong Nguyen, representative of Vietpromotion Tourism Company (Nha Trang), the distance between the Northwest tourism sites is too far, the roads are difficult so it is difficult to ensure the health of visitors. In localities, there is no professional travel company to connect with the long-term tour program implementation.
Agreeing with this view, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Lien, representative of OTG Travel (Da Nang), said that the Northwest is very new and potential for Central tourists. Coming to the Northwest, Central tourists have to go through a long journey and use many means of transportation. To attract tourists, tourism businesses in the Central region need to cooperate with each other to deploy more Northwest tours, build new product packages to stimulate demand.
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