This is the first flight bringing Chinese tourists to Khanh Hoa, after the Chinese government officially allowed tourists to travel in groups to Vietnam from March 15.
Ms. Le Thi Hong Minh - General Director of Cam Ranh International Terminal Joint Stock Company gives gifts to Chinese tourists.
Bamboo Airways flight number QH9583 carrying 153 tourists departed at 4:30 p.m. from Macao and landed at Cam Ranh International Airport at 5:40 p.m. Leaders of the Department of Tourism, Department of Foreign Affairs, Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association, Cam Ranh International Airport, Cam Ranh International Terminal Joint Stock Company and related units went to the plane's stairs to welcome and give gifts to tourists from Macao. Macao tourists were very excited to come to Khanh Hoa after a 3-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. "This is my first time in Nha Trang. It's been a long time since I traveled, so I'm very excited. Before coming here, I learned and knew that Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa has beautiful beaches, many sea sports services... I will take time to explore and enjoy local cuisine," said female tourist Truong Van Van (Macao).
Chinese tourists are excited when arriving at Cam Ranh airport.
The group will stay at Duyen Ha resort from now until April 7. During this time, guests will have fun at Vinwonders Nha Trang, take a tour to visit famous monuments and landscapes of Nha Trang, a typical island tour of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa, explore Nha Trang night market and enjoy services at Samadhi spa...
After this flight, Bamboo Airways will cooperate with AsiaTourist to organize charter flights from Macao to Cam Ranh with a frequency of 4 flights/week. From May and June 2023, Bamboo Airways will successively operate additional routes Shanghai - Cam Ranh, Fuzhou (Fujian province) - Cam Ranh with a frequency of 3 flights/week. Mr. Nguyen Van Duong - Asia Tourist Trading and Tourism Company Limited said that the company is coordinating with strategic partners to open the Chinese tourist market, organizing flights to bring tourists from major cities of China to Vietnam.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Director of the Department of Tourism gives gifts to Chinese visitors to Khanh Hoa on Bamboo Airways flights.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, China was Khanh Hoa's largest international tourist market with about 2.5 million visitors (in 2019), accounting for more than 70% of the province's international visitors. The return of Macao tourists in particular and Chinese tourists in general is expected to help Khanh Hoa tourism soon complete the goal of welcoming 1.5 million international visitors in 2023. "We hope that after the Macao - Cam Ranh route, Asia Tourist and Bamboo Airways will continue to cooperate and exploit more routes and flights to attract Chinese tourists to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa, contributing to promoting the development of Khanh Hoa province's tourism industry in the coming time," said Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Director of the Department of Tourism.
Delegates took souvenir photos with the Chinese delegation.
Asia Tourist Trading and Tourism Company Limited is an international travel agency specializing in exploiting the Chinese tourist market to Khanh Hoa; in the near future, the company will exploit the markets of Uzbekistan, India, and Japan. In addition to providing package tours, the company also provides transportation services; food and beverage services, spa services through Hoa Su Restaurant and Samadhi Spa (over 5,000m2, including stops for cultural and artistic performances, restaurants, and health care). "Asia Tourist's great advantage is that all the basic products serving tourism are owned by the company. At the same time, the company is also a strategic partner of Vinpearl, VinWonders... so it has created diverse, high-end products for the international tourist market," said Mr. Duong.
Chinese tourists take selfies when visiting Khanh Hoa.
