The discount program applies to domestic and foreign tourists, when visiting the tower of Ponagar, Hon Chong and Hon Mun marine protected areas.
On March 24, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Ha, Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Culture and Sports, said that the price of monuments and landscapes is controlled to stimulate tourism demand and attract tourists.
The Department and Nha Trang City complete the proposal to report to the Provincial People's Committee before March 29 and submit to the People's Council for consideration and approval at the meeting in April, then the ticket price will be implemented. According to the proposal, the ticket price to visit the relics of Ponagar tower, Hon Chong landscapes and Hon Mun marine protected area are all from 22,000 VND to 11,000 VND.
Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Travel Association, Mr. Huynh Duc Hoa, said that proposing a 50% discount on entrance fees for domestic and foreign tourists is practical in the context of Covid affected tourism businesses and companies. -19.
This also creates sympathy for tourists who want to travel to the local. At the same time, it is also a way for the province to share difficulties with tourism businesses, because when tour operators, tour design, there are also more facilities to introduce destinations.
Hon Chong scenic area located in Nha Trang city often attracts tourists. Photo: Khoa Tran.
According to Mr. Hoa, after the epidemic was controlled and tourism demand stimulating activities, famtrip programs associated with local tourism were coordinated, many domestic groups began to plan for the summer. .
At the meeting on this year's tourism stimulus plan on March 23, Mr. Le Huu Hoang (Vice Chairman of the People's Committee in charge of economics - tourism) requested the Department of Tourism to coordinate with tourism associations and businesses to increase organizing activities, events to stimulate tourism. He also suggested the tourism industry work with airlines to open more domestic routes from localities to Cam Ranh airport to attract tourists.
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Statistics Department of Tourism, in 2020, the locality welcomes 1.4 million visitors, down 80% year-on-year. 2019 under the influence of Covid-19. In recent years, the tourism industry has increased activities to stimulate demand, launch new products with the goal of welcoming more than 5 million tourists staying, of which about 1.5 million are international visitors; to strive for tourism revenue of 17,500 billion VND, up 243% compared to 2020. The
province currently has more than 1,113 accommodation establishments with more than 50,000 rooms, of which 125 are 4-5 star establishments. In the province, there are 138 tour operators, of which 22 businesses do domestic travel services, 116 tour operators specialize in welcoming international visitors.
In order to support businesses, before that, the People's Committee of Nha Trang City proposed to exempt the rent of the premises for placing umbrellas, beach chairs from Tran Phu street to Pham Van Dong of businesses in 2021.
