Connect with us

Travel

Ho Chi Minh City launches golf tour to lure visitors

Published

7 months ago

on

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the Vietnam Golf Tourism Association on February 28 jointly launched a golf tour service to promote the new product in the city.

Ho Chi Minh City launches golf tour to lure visitors hinh anh 1Delegates at the signing ceremony on developing golf tourism products in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

HCM City – The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the Vietnam
Golf Tourism Association on February 28 jointly launched a golf tour service to promote
the new product in the city.

Addressing the event, Le Truong
Hien Hoa, deputy director of the department, noted
besides events to promote tourism, the city’s tourism industry also focuses on
improving the quality of services and building new products to enrich
visitors’ experience. The industry prioritises some types of activities in the
middle- and high-class segments such as golf tourism.

Ho
Chi Minh City, one of the major economic, cultural and tourist centres of the
country, boasts a modern, world-class golf course system and a variety of quality
and diversified tourism services, said Hoa, adding two large golf courses, namely Tan
Son Nhat and Thu Duc, and many adjacent golf courses are becoming attractive
destinations.

Ho Chi Minh City launches golf tour to lure visitors hinh anh 2The first group of 20 golfers from Singapore take a city tour on a two-deck bus. (Photo: VNA)

Meanwhile,
Trinh Thanh, general secretary of the Vietnam Golf Tourism Association, said
that developing golf tourism not only helps diversify products and improve competitiveness of the industry, but also attracts potential visitors with large spending and long stay, while stimulating the luxury resort segment.

Currently Vietnam is home to about 100,000 golfers and 100 golf courses in operation, of which 32 are of
international five-star standard along a coastline adjacent to luxury
resorts. In 2021, it was selected by the World Golf Awards (WGA) as the World’s
Best Golf Destination, and thousands of international guests booked
post-pandemic tours to experience the service in the country.

This was the second time that Vietnam had received the title
awarded by the WGA following the first in 2019, surpassing the top golf
destinations such as the US, New Zealand, China, Thailand, and the Republic of
Korea.

A cooperation agreement on developing golf tourism products in
the locality was signed at the event./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ho-chi-minh-city-launches-golf-tour-to-lure-visitors/249109.vnp

Related Topics:

Travel

Ha Nam becomes bright spot on Vietnam’s tourism map

Published

1 month ago

on

August 16, 2023

By

Ha Nam province’s tourism sector has achieved remarkable results in the post Covid-19 pandemic, with visitor numbers to the northern locality continually setting new records.

Ha Nam boasts favourable conditions for the development of typical tourist products in the Red River Delta. The province is home to many historical, cultural, spiritual, and religious sites.

They possess unique advantages, helping the province reshape its tourism industry and develop more offerings for visitors.

The number of tourists to Ha Nam reached over 3.8 million in the first half of this year, nearly double the number in the same period last year and fulfilling nearly 90% of its annual plan.

Total revenue from tourism was estimated at nearly 114 million USD, or more than double the figure posted in the same period of 2022.

To continue to be a bright spot on Vietnam’s tourist map, Ha Nam is focusing on building a number of typical tourism products, attracting investment in eco-spiritual, resort, and entertainment tourism. It is also trying to connect tours and tourist routes with others elsewhere around Vietnam to create better links for tourism development./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ha-nam-becomes-bright-spot-on-vietnams-tourism-map/265608.vnp

Continue Reading

Travel

Promoting heritage value of Phong Nha -Ke Bang National Park ​

Published

1 month ago

on

August 16, 2023

By

The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province has twice been honored as a World Natural Heritage site. This is a testament to its unique geomorphology and global tourism value, as well as countless efforts of Vietnam to increase awareness in the process of international integration.

Over the past two decades, Quang Binh has worked hard to preserve cultural heritage values of the national park toward the goal of sustainable development.

The management board of the national park has actively cooperated with domestic and foreign organizations to carry out scientific projects to preserve the heritage for the local socio-economic development.

In 2003, experts from the Royal British Cave Association discovered Son Doong – the world’s largest cave in the park. The site is important in caving research in the region, promoting the image of Phong Nha-Ke Bang around the world.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has three forms of tourism, including self-exploration, joint venture businesses, and leasing of forest environment services.

The development of tourism services has attracted an increasing number of visitors to the site. In order to ensure both tourism development and sustainable heritage conservation, the park management board is monitoring and assessing the impact of tourism activities on the caves to mitigate negative impacts on the heritage./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/promoting-heritage-value-of-phong-nha-ke-bang-national-park/265604.vnp

Continue Reading

Travel

Over 3,000 int’l visitors come to Hanoi for BlackPink concert

Published

1 month ago

on

August 16, 2023

By

The Hanoi Department of Tourism on August 5 announced that out of 70,000 peopple flocking to Korean girl band Blackpink’s concert at the Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium on July 29 and 30, over 3,000 ones are international visitors.

Over 3,000 int'l visitors come to Hanoi for BlackPink concert hinh anh 1Blackpink‘s performance at My Dinh stadium in Hanoi late last month. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi – The Hanoi Department of
Tourism on August 5 announced that out of 70,000 peopple
flocking to Korean girl band Blackpink’s concert at the Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium on July 29 and 30, over 3,000 ones are international visitors.

The foreign visitors are mostly from China, Canada, Thailand,
Japan, and Malaysia while Vietnamese fans of Blackpinks are mainly from Hanoi, Ho Chi
Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and Nha Trang.

During the period, city tour service providers with double-decker buses saw a significantly increased number of clients.
Particularly, the number of service users who booked
online tickets from July 29 to July 31 rose 15% compared to the
previous days. Some hotels, especially in the
areas in the district of Thanh Xuan and Cau Giay around My the Dinh National Stadium
posted a 20% increase in room occupancy compared to the previous weekends.

Search volume for booking in Hanoi during the two days of
BlackPink concert through international booking websites grew by ten
times compared to the previous week, according to Agoda.

The average occupancy rate of the hotels in July 2023 reached 60.8%, up 19.2% over the same period in 2022.

From July 28 to 30, the number of visitors to Hanoi’s tourist
destinations increased by 15-20% compared to the same
period last year.

Specifically, the Temple of Literature – Quoc Tu Giam
welcomed more than 9,600 visitors, the Thang Long Imperial Citadel more than 8,000
visitors, and Bao Son Paradise Park 7,000 visitors.

On July 29 – 30, the total number of tourists to Hanoi
reached more than 170,000, including more than 30,000 international tourists. The city’s total revenue from tourism reached 630 billion VND (25.54 million USD)./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/over-3000-intl-visitors-come-to-hanoi-for-blackpink-concert/265689.vnp

Continue Reading

Trending