During the Lunar New Year 2023, a large number of tourists have come to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa, raising the tourism industry's revenue sharply. In particular, Chinese tourists have returned, opening hopes for a strong recovery of Khanh Hoa tourism this year.
During the Lunar New Year 2023, a large number of tourists have come to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa, raising the tourism industry's revenue sharply. In particular, Chinese tourists have returned, opening hopes for a strong recovery of Khanh Hoa tourism this year.
Attracting large number of visitors
Many hotels in Nha Trang had quite high occupancy during Tet days. Nguyen The Hung - Director of Grand Gosia Hotel said that from the 3rd to the 6th day of the lunar new year, the hotel's room capacity was up to 90%. Similarly, Novotel Nha Trang hotel’s room capacity was also up to more than 90%. The resorts and hotels in Bai Dai area (Cam Lam district) had good room occupation. For example, The Anam and Fusion Cam Ranh resorts had room capacity of more than 80%.
Tourists coming to Khanh Hoa on Tet holiday immersed themselves in the festive atmosphere with many art shows held in 2-4 Square (Nha Trang City), human chess competition, street art performances, photo exhibition The beauty of Khanh Hoa Province, performance of unicorn - lion - dragon... During Tet, 4-5 hotels and tourist attractions were brightly decorated and organized many activities such as organizing buffets, lion dance, New Year's lucky money, calligraphy, music programs, folk games ... to introduce to visitors the features unique traditional culture. From the 1st to the 9th day of the lunar new year, VinWonders Nha Trang organizes a 3-regional food market with stalls in the country market and typical cuisine of Indochina countries; The week of Tet with Kate festival, fishing festival, experience of pottery making and brocade weaving of the Cham people, folk games and tulip; art program "Legend of Indochina" with parade and performance of national dances of 3 countries Laos - Cambodia - Vietnam…Champa Island Nha Trang resort organized the opening of the Lunar New Year with lion dance, calligraphy, folk games, lucky money...
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During the Tet holiday this year, the number of tourists and people in the province coming to attractions and entertainment was quite crowded. According to Cung Quynh Anh - Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, it is estimated that in the first 4 days of the new year, tourist attractions in the province welcomed 280,000 visitors. In addition to VinWonders Nha Trang, Ponagar Tower relic, tours to Nha Trang Bay, Truong Son Craft Village, Hoa Lan Island Tourist Area... also attracted a large number of visitors. In the first 4 days of the Lunar New Year, Ponagar Tower Relics received about 16,000 visitors (excluding people in the province), the peak was on the 4th day of the Lunar New Year with more than 6,000 visitors. Nha Trang Tourist Port welcomed about 11,000 visitors to visit Nha Trang Bay, the peak was on the 4th of Tet with nearly 4,500 visitors. Guests mainly took tours to visit Hon Mun, Hon Tam, Coral Bay...
Welcoming many international flights
From the 21st to the 25th of January, an average of 35 domestic flights and 15 international flights per day arrive at Cam Ranh International Airport. For the international tourist market, besides Korean, Russian, Kazakh, Thai..., Khanh Hoa also welcomed Chinese delegations back after nearly 3 years due to the Covid-19 epidemic. In the first days of the year, Khanh Hoa received 3 consecutive charter flights from Sichuan, Hunan, Anhui (China) to Cam Ranh. According to the plan, from January 23 to March 23, Vietjet will organize about 35 flights to bring Chinese tourists from these three provinces to Khanh Hoa with a frequency of 4-5 flights per week.
The return of Chinese tourists during the Lunar New Year 2023 is a good sign for Khanh Hoa tourism. Chinese tourists were very excited to come to Khanh Hoa during this Tet holiday. “I was introduced by friends that Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa has many beautiful scenes, especially sea and island tourism. I will explore the beauty of the sea and islands and enjoy local seafood,” said a tourist from Sichuan (China).
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Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Director of the Department of Tourism said: “The province’s tourism industry this year is to strive to welcome 4 million visitors, including 2.5 million domestic tourists and 1.5 million international visitors; getting tourism revenue of 21,000 billion VND. The return of Chinese tourists will helping Khanh Hoa tourism fulfill this goal, as well as towards strong development in the coming time."
According to a report of the Department of Tourism, from January 21 to 25, the province welcomed 151,800 guests, including 11,300 international visitors and 140,500 domestic visitors, an increase of 231.76% over the same period last year. The average occupancy of accommodation establishments was about 77.45%. In particular, the peak concentration was from the 2nd to the 5th day of the lunar new year with room occupancy of nearly 80% at 4-5 star hotels and resorts in coastal areas and in the city center of Nha Trang. Total tourism revenue was estimated at more than 647 billion VND, an increase of 177% compared to the previous year Tet.
Xuan Thanh
Translated by T.T
