Khanh Hoa to welcome over 9,300 foreign tourists by year-end
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa expects to welcome some 9,350 international tourists on board 48 flights from now until the end of 2021, according to director of the provincial Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Le Thanh.
Khanh Hoa (VNA) - The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa expects to welcome some 9,350 international tourists on board 48 flights from now until theend of 2021, according to director of the provincial Department of Tourism NguyenThi Le Thanh.
The flights will be from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Russia, thePhilippines, Japan and Cambodia.
On November 25, a flight operated by Bamboo Airways carried295 Americans and Canadians of Vietnamese origin to Cam Ranh InternationalAirport from Seoul, the RoK.
The next day, four flights carrying some 1,200 Russians, Koreans and Americanswill arrive in Khanh Hoa province.
Khanh Hoa leading officials welcome international tourists to the province (Photo: VNA)
Between late November and early January 2022, seven flightswill bring visitors from the RoK,Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and Qatar to the province.
Tran Duy Thang, general director of Thien Nhan Travel Company,said the firm will start to take Korean tourists to the province from January 5next year, targeting to serve some 1,000 visitors per month. Travelers will go in the form of bubble tours, mostly to golf courses.
There is a high demand in the RoK for tours to Vietnam as the country is now in winter, Thang said.
The Republic of Korea is Khanh Hoa’s third largest sourcemarket, after China and Russia, said Pham Minh Nhut, vice chairman of the NhaTrang-Khanh Hoa Tourism Association.
A report by the provincial government showed that as ofNovember 22, the province had allowed 35 lodging facilities to serve internationaltourists with a COVID-19 vaccine passport./.
Two vessels carrying two military medical teams of Naval Region 4 and medical supplies set off on November 6 to the island distict of Truong Sa, south central Khanh Hoa province, to vaccinate residents and soldiers there.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has officially launched a campaign called "Live fully in Vietnam" to welcome international tourists back to five destinations in the country.
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, home to famous beach towns Nha Trang and Cam Ranh, on November 25 welcomed the first international tourists with vaccine passports after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The programme is organised by the Khanh Hoa provincial Youth Union and the “Khanh Hoa people speak English” Project, and aims to promote the culture, history, cuisine and other tourism products of Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa to international visitors.
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During the first five months, China continued to be Vietnam's largest source market of tourists, followed by the RoK, China’s Taiwan, the US, and Japan.
A golf course in Khanh Hoa (Photo: ) 
Khanh Hoa leading officials welcome international tourists to the province (Photo: VNA) 
