Ninh Binh strives to host 7 million visitors in 2021
Ninh Binh province, a tourist destination in the north, is launching several measures to achieve its goal of welcoming 7 million arrivals this year, during which it hosts the National Tourism Year.
Tourists visit Ninh Binh's Trang An Landscape Complex on the New Year holiday 2021 (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Binh (VNA) – Ninh Binh province, a touristdestination in the north, is launching several measures to achieve its goal of welcoming7 million arrivals this year, during which it hosts the National Tourism Year.
According to Direc🅠tor of the provincial Tourism DepartmentBui Van Manh, the department is giving recommendations to the local authoritieson preparing for the year, assessing tourism service development pr💫ojects,upgrading the local tourism portal to be trilingual (Vietnamese, English, andFrench), and launching promotion activities on social networks, among other activities.
It is also workingwith the provincial tourism association to mobilise travel agencies’engagement in demand stimulus activities and increase servicequality, he added.
Ensuring related security and order, environmental sanitation,and COVID-19 prevention and control are also key tasks, noted the official.
According to statistics from the department, during the recentthree-day New Year holiday, the province received more than 32,000 visitors.Most of them went to local renowned destinations like Trang An LandscapeComplex – a world cultural and natural heritage site, Cuc Phuong national park,and Van Long submerged natural reserve.
Last year, it hosted 2.8 million tourists, equaling to just37 percent of the 2019 figure. The reduction was largely due🦩 to the impactof the pandemic./.
Kayaking, hovering above Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in a helicopter, and exploring the night-time in Cuc Phuong National Park count among the many new tourism products the northern province of Ninh Binh has introduced to attract tourists.
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Tourists visit Ninh Binh's Trang An Landscape Complex on the New Year holiday 2021 (Photo: VNA) 
