Safe and effective reopening of tourism activities

In order to remove difficulties and obstacles in reopening tourism activities, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently organized a meeting and dialogue with tourism service businesses in the province. In the conference, many issues were raised and the attending delegates acknowledged and discussed to find a solution to jointly develop Binh Duong tourism in the coming time.

Safe and effective tourism services

From March 15, Vietnam officially reopened all international and domestic tourism activities under "new normal" conditions through all border gates; at the same time, a program has been deployed to stimulate demand and restore domestic tourism activities. This is the basis for localities and businesses to re-open safe and effective tourism activities. Many experts believe that the reopening of all tourism activities at this time is absolutely necessary and timely. Along with the whole country, to prepare for the reopening of tourism activities, in early March, the local Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued a dispatch requesting tourism businesses to prepare to reopen tourism activities. Tourism businesses also have activities and promotions to stimulate tourism to attract tourists.

Representatives of tourism businesses participate in travel experiences to bring guests to Binh Duong in the near future

Nguyen Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that in the past two years, the province's tourism has faced unprecedented difficulties and challenges due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. Currently, the trend of reopening tourism activities nationwide is one of the positive signals for the Binh Duong tourism to gradually recover. However, the reopening of tourism activities after a long period of stagnation is one of the problems for each business as well as state management agencies.

According to Mr. Phong, in this 2022, the provincial People's Committee assigned the target for the tourism to welcome and serve 1.5 million visitors for a revenue of VND 1,200 billion. In the context that the epidemic is gradually being controlled, Binh Duong province is taking advantage of every opportunity to promote activities to restore the tourism and contribute to the province's socio-economic development, meeting the needs of the local community entertainment for the people. However, in order to reactivate activities, the tourism department also faces many challenges and difficulties after a long period of suspension.

Binh Duong tourism development direction saught

At the recent meeting and dialogue conference organized by Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, representatives of tourism businesses in the province all expressed their excitement at the reopening of tourism activities in the face of the need to go to tourist destinations in Vietnam. Tourism of tourists in recent times has increased a lot compared to the past. Besides the good news, tourism activities in the province also face many drawbacks, but according to businesses, it is necessary to coordinate, link and remove such problems as Binh Duong tourism in the coming time will develop.

Conference participants all said that factors such as typical tourism products, attractive destinations, richer investment in accompanying services, etc. will attract tourists to Binh Duong to stay, and then the tourism in Binh Duong would be more developed. In addition, according to businesses, the training of tourism professionals to improve the capacity of servicing staff in the tourism sector also needs more attention. In addition to the well-known tourist destinations, Binh Duong tourism also needs to exploit more experiences close to life, to nature, ecology or industrial tourism to create more style to attract tourists.

In order to gradually develop the tourism into an important economic sector of the province and attracting domestic and foreign tourists to visit and entertain, Binh Duong needs to identify the highlight of typical tourism products and main local tourism products, thereby, focusing investment resources and effectively exploiting tourism products. In addition to the typical tourism product of the province, which is to visit and experience in traditional craft villages as defined, the tourism department also needs to pay attention to and accompany tourism businesses in the process to timely support, orient and mobilize the strength of businesses for the purpose of developing stronger tourism in the province.

Mr. Truong Van Hien, representative of Phuong Nam Travel, said that in order to introduce and promote Binh Duong tourism to more people and attract tourists, Binh Duong tourism department needs to organize more expanded Famtrip programs. Only by participating can they experience reality, thereby designing tours and routes to invite tourists to Binh Duong.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mai Cong Thuc, Director of Song Be Tourism Company, said that Binh Duong has many attractions, but all are the same with no highlight, and the services have not been formed a continuous chain to attract tourists. "Tourism destinations need  upgrading, and more cultural activities and entertainment services along with dining should be organized to serve and attract tourists," said Mr. Thuc.

Reported by Hong Thuan – Translated by Vi Bao