According to the Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City, the industry has signed a cooperation agreement on tourism development with 49 provinces and cities in 6 clusters of the country, thereby creating momentum for the domestic tourist market segment. beyond the local scope, bringing resilience to tourism throughout the country and many provinces and cities.
In 2023 and the following years, the city’s tourism industry will continue to exploit the competitive advantages of the city and each locality by promoting tourism development links with provinces and cities in the direction of multilateral cooperation. , creating momentum for the market.
Promote regional links
According to the Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City, only 3 days following Vietnam open to tourism Back, the program of cooperation and cooperation in tourism development between the city and 13 provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta in 2022 has been implemented.
Localities have taken the initiative from very early on to restore tourism activities of the largest tourism market in this country.
After 9 months of fully restoring tourism activities, Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta welcomed regarding 45 million domestic visitors, accounting for regarding 46% of the country’s domestic arrivals.
The program has gradually created a spillover effect, bringing many positive results such as contributing to job creation and sustainable livelihoods for tens of thousands of local people; at the same time promoting the development of many other industries and fields such as agriculture, handicrafts and services.
This result proves that, in addition to the efforts of the tourism industry in each locality, the link between Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta has been put into practice, creating a driving force for the recovery of tourism activities and economic growth of the country following the COVID-19 epidemic.
Similarly, the tourism development cooperation group of 8 provinces in the Northwest expanded and Ho Chi Minh City on the implementation of tourism development cooperation activities achieved positive results in the fields of management. State, product development, promotion, human resource development and promotion calling for tourism investment.
In particular, in the construction of tourism products, provinces and cities have assessed and clearly identified their local competitive advantages to focus resources on construction investment, improve product quality, introduce more tourism products particularity and organize many activities to promote and promote local tourism images to create effects to attract visitors to the area.
Most localities promote cooperation and link tourism products of many provinces in the group into a continuous tour. These include tours to the Land of Ancestral Origins of Ethnic Origins (Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi-Phu Tho-Lai Chau-Sapa, Bao Yen-Quang Binh, Dong Van); Northwest epic (Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi-Hoa Binh-Son La-Dien Bien-Lai Chau-Sapa-Ha Giang); The flavor of the highlands (Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi-Bac Ha-Xin Man, Hoang Su Phi, Dong Van)…
In addition, localities connect products on the tourist route connecting Sang Ma Sao, Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province – Sin Suoi Ho, Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province; The two localities cooperate to effectively exploit the O Quy Ho Pass Tourist Area and Hoang Lien Son National Park.
Tourists visit the Reunification Palace. (Photo: Hong Dat/VNA)According to Chau Tong Thanh Hai, Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Lai Chau province, the total number of visitors to the Northwest region and Ho Chi Minh City in 2022 will reach more than 45 million, an increase of more than three times over the same period. period in 2021. In which, more than 100,000 visitors from Ho Chi Minh City came to visit the provinces in the Northwest Expanded Group, the total revenue reached nearly 153,000 billion VND.
These figures have confirmed the efficiency and explosive development of tourism of the tourism development cooperation group of 8 expanded Northwest provinces and Ho Chi Minh City.
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The cooperation activities for tourism development in the 8 Northwestern provinces have expanded and Ho Chi Minh City has gradually come into operation with depth and effectiveness, which is reflected in the expansion of the Northwestern provinces to more tourist markets. from the southern provinces and cities, especially Ho Chi Minh City, and vice versa, there was a breakthrough.
A representative of a locality suggested that the tourism development cooperation group of 8 Northwestern provinces and Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 should promote sharing of experiences in using E-marketing ( products and services online) route) in communication, and tourism promotion activities to domestic and international tourist markets; promote interaction on the Fanpage “Colors of the Northwest-Ho Chi Minh City,” connecting and exploiting effectively the tour of Ho Chi Minh City and the expanded Northwest provinces; promoting the market of visitors coming and going between cooperative provinces and cities…
Create a breakthrough from the chain of links
Regarding the linkage between regions and provinces and cities in the field of tourism, some experts said that, following the heavy damage caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, Vietnam’s tourism industry in general and localities said: there have been breakthroughs and positive changes.
Each locality has found a suitable “direction”, creating an overall picture of the tourism industry’s strong recovery and acceleration in the past period. Ho Chi Minh City with its position as the center of economy, culture, society, education, tourism… of the country has shown its initiative in all circumstances.
With the desire to restore and develop the tourism industry, the city has creatively and diversely deployed solutions to accelerate and expand tourism development cooperation with many localities across the country.
The results from the tourism development cooperation programs have created inter-regional resilience, bringing positive signals to the tourism industry in Ho Chi Minh City, localities cooperate in tourism development with the city. Ho Chi Minh City, contributing to the transformation of the national tourism market.
Mr. Le Truong Hien Hoa, Deputy Director of the Department Ho Chi Minh City Tourism said that the travel agencies have the same assessment that the number of city visitors to the provinces and cities and vice versa tends to increase.
Vietnam’s domestic tourism market is always attracted by beautiful and majestic natural landscapes, cool climate all year round, rich cuisine…. These are also favorable factors to attract tourists. to many locations across the country.
International visitors roam in the downtown area of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: Hong Dat/VNA)Typically, tourism development cooperation cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and 8 Northwest provinces is a link that diversify products, does not overlap in services, and brings new experiences to visitors.
The localities benefiting from the cooperation activities also contribute to the conservation of tourism resources and traditional cultural values, contributing to the creation of sustainable tourism products and responsible tourism.
As one of the localities to cooperate in tourism development, Mr. Le Trung Hieu, Director of An Giang Tourism Investment and Promotion Center shared, the province has more than 15 tourist zones and attractions. In which, Sam Mountain National Tourist Area, Cam Mountain, Tra Su Melaleuca forest eco-tourism site … are places known by many domestic and foreign tourists and many other tourist attractions spread throughout. in the local area.
The locality has more than 15 travel businesses, more than 90 accommodation establishments to welcome domestic and international tourists with quality and service that are always highly appreciated by tourists. Along with receiving visitors to visit in the province, An Giang travel businesses also connect and bring tourists to visit other localities across the country. The province is constantly trying to find more partners, creating conditions for tourism businesses and tourist spots in the area to have more opportunities for cooperation and development with the tourism business community across the country.
Notes from representatives of the tourism industry in a number of localities that have cooperated with Ho Chi Minh City in tourism development shows that the association has created a new resilience for each province and city. Thereby, provinces and cities work together to improve the competitiveness and brand of tourism in each locality and Vietnam’s tourism brand in the international tourism market./.
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