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Corals and caves Ninh Thuan, with its coast and forests, has ideal conditions for tourism development, said the provincial People’s Committee Chair Tran Quoc Nam. Ninh Thuan is home to ancient rare and precious coral reefs, which only emerge on the water surface from May to the end of July, especially on the 1st and the 15th day of the lunar month creating spectacular scenery. Ninh Thuan is also famous for Nui Chua National Park with its tropical landscapes and climate conditions, including dwarf forests on rocky mountains, mineral springs, white sand beaches, colorful coral reefs, and spectacular caves, all making up a unique, rare ecosystem, Nam said. The picturesque Hang Rai The 31,000-hectare Nui Chua National Park is the only place in Vietnam with a dry forest ecosystem, attracting sea turtles in the annual spawning season. The park also accommodates Vietnam’s largest coastal coral reefs and boasts one of the most beautiful and pristine coasts in the central region, among them Nuoc Ngot, Chuoi, Thung and Kenh beaches. The coastline, totaling tens of kilometers in length and accommodating 350 species of coral, has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors to the region every year. Ninh Thuan is renowned for the well-preserved wild beaches of Ninh Chu, Vinh Hy Bay, Hang Rai, and Binh Tien. The 10km-long Ninh Chu Beach is among the nine most beautiful beaches in Vietnam, forming part of the Da Lat-Nha Trang-Ninh Chu tourist triangle. Ninh Thuan considers investment in Ninh Chu Beach one of its priorities. The three new tourist attractions in Ninh Chu - Ninh Chu, Hoan Cau and Den Gion - have drawn many visitors. Vinh Hy Bay in Vinh Hy Village, 40km from Phan Rang-Thap Cham City, is considered one of Vietnam’s eight most beautiful bays and one of the world’s nine biosphere regions. The bay has well preserved natural beauty with white sandbanks circling steep rocky mountains and streams babbling through extensive green forests. Thanks to …

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Airlines are exerting efforts to resume international flights after a halt triggered by COVID-19 (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is advised to promptly negotiate with countries that have efficiently curbed the spread of COVID-19 in a bid to create travel bubbles and gradually resume international tourism in a practical manner. Relating to the re-opening of international air routes to Vietnam, Dr. Luong Hoai Nam, an aviation expert, voiced his concern about the collaboration in resumption of international flights with other countries, reception of air passengers, COVID-19 prevention, and effectiveness of the resumption in an interview granted to VietnamPlus. Reporter: Vietnam is due to resume international flights, what is your opinion? Luong Hoai Nam: Countries like Thailand and Singapore have built “travel bubbles”. They are bilateral or multilateral agreements stating regulations and tasks that countries of departure and arrival must follow on disease prevention and control. Passengers’ trust can be obtained only when the resumption of international flights is based on such detailed agreements on safe travel. If not, Vietnam will fall into the category of countries without mandatory regulations on quarantine, which makes people feel unsafe and choose not to travel by air. In that case, airlines will not have many passengers and the seat occupancy rate may be less than 50 percent, resulting in further losses. Reporter: Some people have expressed a concern that a COVID-19 outbreak will emerge following the re-opening of international air routes? Luong Hoai Nam: In my opinion, Vietnam should negotiate with countries that have efficiently curbed the spread of COVID-19 in a bid to create travel bubbles and gradually resume international tourism in a practical manner, with high flight frequency and large number of passengers. Whether a new outbreak emerges or not depends on how international routes will be resumed …

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Experts have said that the tourism industry needs to work with localities and relevant agencies to develop a plan on piloting the welcoming of foreign tourists. The plan must indicate clearly which destinations should be piloted, what products will be introduced, what marketing strategies are to be used, and how to control an outbreak should it occur. Tourism businesses stand ready to work towards gradually restoring tourism post-pandemic. The international market is key for Vietnam’s tourism development. But if the country is slow in applying vaccine passports and re-opening to the international market, it will blunt its competitive edge compared to other regional countries. Therefore, along with safety measures to restore domestic tourism, a pilot study on welcoming international visitors is being conducted by the Ministry of Culture , Sports and Tourism in cooperation with other ministries and agencies. Relevant agencies will consider vaccine passports trial so that foreigners can visit destinations that have controlled the pandemic, such as Phu Quoc Island , Kien Giang province ./. VNA …

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