Around 4 pm this afternoon, the flight bringing 29 international tourists to Hoi An landed at Da Nang International Airport.
Flight VN417 of Vietnam Airlines departed from Incheon Airport (Korea). Passengers are nationals of Korea, USA, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Australia... These people come to Vietnam for tourism purposes. schedule and visit relatives.
Arriving at the airport, the delegation received welcome flowers, cleared immigration, installed a medical declaration application and boarded the bus to New World Hoiana resort (Duy Hai commune, Duy Xuyen district). These are the first international tourists to return to Vietnam under the pilot program with vaccine passports since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020.
The first group of guests were given flowers as soon as they got off the plane. Photo: Vietnam Airlines.
Mr. Nguyen Nhu Nam, General Director of Vietnam Travel Mart, a travel agency that welcomes guests, said that the delegation to Quang Nam stayed for 8 days and 7 nights. The tour includes accommodation, air tickets, transportation, meals, Covid-19 testing costs. In the resort, guests can swim, use services at 2 restaurants, gym...
Guests will be able to register more services to visit Hoi An ancient town, My Son temple and tower, play casino in the resort, have fun at VinWonders Nam Hoi An, play golf at Vinpearl... Tomorrow 18/11 and 25/11, Quang Nam will welcome 2 more groups of about 300 people, also departing from Korea .
Mr. Nam said that guests are being "compressed" because of Covid-19, so when tourism returns, it is expected that they will have a high ability to pay for local services and shopping. Specifically, the first group of 29 people registered 20 hotel rooms, the second two groups then the number of rooms reached hundreds. After the end of the first 8 days according to the program, some tourists will return to their home countries, some will stay in Vietnam to visit relatives.
After Quang Nam, on November 20, an international group of 209 people following a charter flight of Vietjet Air is expected to land in Phu Quoc. Guests stay 4 days 3 nights at Vinpearl and have a self-contained experience at Phu Quoc United Center complex, including swimming, sports, entertainment at VinWonders park, safari park, casino, city that never sleeps Grand World...
According to the pilot plan to welcome international guests, during their stay, visitors will be tested for nCoV on the first and last days. If the results are negative, they will continue to visit and entertain according to the schedule. Vinpearl representative said the resort complex use separate areas for international welcome, ensuring no contact with the community, does not affect the operation of other guests ...
A resort in Phu Quoc island
Previously, the delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism came to inspect the preparations in Phu Quoc, Quang Nam. Both localities are assessed to have a thorough and methodical preparation from the stage of reception, transportation, quick Covid-19 testing and basic epidemic prevention and control plans, incident handling plans.
In addition to Phu Quoc and Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa, Da Nang and Quang Ninh have also been approved by the Government to open to international visitors in phase 1, in November.