Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa ready to welcome tourists on Tet holiday

The 9-day Lunar New Year holiday of At Ty 2025 is a time for families and friends to take spring trips to celebrate Tet. It is forecasted that this year's Tet holiday, Khanh Hoa will welcome a large number of tourists, with the peak of domestic tourists being from the 2nd to the 5th day of Tet.

Tourists visit Truong Son Craft Village.

Room reservations increase

According to online booking sites such as booking.com and agoda.com, during the Lunar New Year of At Ty, Nha Trang is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam. In recent days, the number of room reservations has increased significantly, especially in the Bai Dai area (Cam Lam district) and hotels and resorts with beautiful locations in Nha Trang City. Le Dai Hai - General Manager of Ana Mandara Cam Ranh Resort said that the number of guests booking rooms has filled 93% of the resort's rooms, most of whom are individual guests traveling with their families. In addition to Vietnamese guests, there are many Korean and Australian guests coming to stay. Similarly, high-quality resorts like Alma, The Anam Cam Ranh, Fusion Cam Ranh, Radisson Blu Cam Ranh, Movenpick Cam Ranh, etc. have very high room occupancy rates. To help guests experience the traditional Tet holiday, the resorts have planned to organize many cultural activities such as: wrapping sticky rice cake, writing calligraphy, performing lion dances to welcome spring...

Korean tourists are excited to post while watching the lion dance at The Anam Cam Ranh Resort.

Similarly, hotels in the center of Nha Trang City and Vinpearl resorts on Hon Tre Island have a fairly high number of room reservations. Hotels like Sheraton Nha Trang, Adamas Botique, Novotel Nha Trang have the number of guests booking rooms during Tet has reached about 80% of the number of rooms; at hotels like Best Western Premier Marvella Nha Trang, Empyrean Nha Trang, Potique Nha Trang, guests have booked about 70% of the number of rooms... The number of guests booking rooms will continue to increase. Despite the high number of guests, most hotels and resorts in Nha Trang have not increased accommodation service prices. Hotels and resorts have also prepared programs imbued with Vietnamese Tet for tourists to experience and enjoy. "Tourists like activities imbued with traditional culture, experiencing local culture. Therefore, we have prepared programs for guests to celebrate Tet such as: Tet market, making lanterns, lion dance and adding traditional dishes to the menu to serve guests...",  Truong Minh Toan - General Manager of Potique Nha Trang Hotel shared.

Ready to welcome guests

During the Tet holiday, the province has many big events to serve people and tourists at April 2 Square (Nha Trang City) such as: Special fashion music and dance program "Celebrating the Party - Celebrating spring, celebrating the country's renewal" and organizing low-altitude fireworks for 15 minutes at the New Year's Eve along with special cultural and artistic programs celebrating the Party - celebrating the spring of 2025. On the night of February 3 (the 6th day of Tet), there will be a special art program to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2025), the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Party Committee (February 24, 1930 - February 24, 2025) ...

To prepare for Tet, tourist destinations such as VinWonders Nha Trang, Yang Bay Tourist Park, Ba Ho Tourist Area, Orchid Island Tourist Area, Tre Island, Tam Island… have actively decorated and planned cultural, entertainment and culinary activities for visitors to enjoy the spring.

International visitors post with Ao Dai at Nha Trang Xua tourist area.

Tourism activities are forecast to be very vibrant during the Lunar New Year Festival. Accordingly, the Department of Tourism has issued a document requesting owners of accommodation establishments to strictly comply with regulations on registration, price posting and selling at the listed price; maintaining service quality assurance, ensuring safety conditions security, safety for tourists, focusing on fire prevention and fighting, ensuring food safety and hygiene. The Department of Tourism also requires hotels, tourist areas and attractions to have plans to divide and guide tourists during peak times.

In particular, in order to demonstrate hospitality and friendliness, strengthen communication and promotion, affirm the position of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa tourism as always a safe, quality and attractive tourist destination, the Department of Tourism coordinates with Cam Ranh International Airport.

Ms. NGUYEN THI LE THANH, the Director of the Department of Tourism: The Lunar New Year 2025 has 9 days off, so this is an opportunity for tourist destinations in Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa to attract visitors. The provincial tourism industry has prepared resources to serve tourists during this year's Tet holiday. According to information from tourism businesses, the number of tourists coming to Khanh Hoa peaks from the 2nd to the 4th day of Tet with room occupancy reaching over 80% at some hotels in the central area of ​​Nha Trang City, 5-star resorts in Bai Dai area have room occupancy reaching over 90%.

XUAN THANH

Translated by T.T