In the first 6 months of this year, Khanh Hoa province welcomed more than 1,046,000 tourists, an increase of 128.6% over the same period last year; reaching 87.2% of the 2022 plan.
Of which, international visitors reached 42,507, up 122.5% over the same period, exceeding the plan set for 2022 of 40,000. In June alone, the whole province welcomed about 350,000 visitors, including about 13,000 international visitors. Tourism revenue in the first 6 months is estimated at nearly VND 5,550 billion, up 209.4% over the same period, exceeding the plan set for 2022 of VND 4,000 billion.
According to Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism, the locality has 1,147 tourist accommodation establishments with more than 52,000 rooms. Of these, 96 establishments are ranked 3-5 stars with 22,934 rooms, accounting for nearly 50% of the total number of rooms in the province. There are 148 travel service businesses in the province; of which 29 are domestic travel businesses and 119 are international travel businesses.
Nha Trang always attracts a loyal number of foreign visitors.
The number of domestic and international tourists to Khanh Hoa is increasing rapidly. Nha Trang beach on the east side of Tran Phu and Pham Van Dong streets is crowded with tourists swimming. Tourist attractions such as VinWonders Nha Trang, Hon Tam tourist area, Nha Trang bay tours, Orchid Island and Monkey Island tourist area, Diep Son Island - Doc Let or Vinh Hy - Suoi Tien - Ninh Thuan ... are popular with tourists. Tourists sitting in long lines at Nha Trang Tourist Wharf to take a canoe (cable car temporarily suspended) to have fun at VinWonders Nha Trang these days has become a daily image.
Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh - a tour guide said: "This summer tourist season, there are a lot of guests booking rooms in Nha Trang. Mostly domestic guests, but there are also many groups of guests from Korea, Australia, India, and Malaysia coming to Nha Trang. During this time, many resorts have to operate at full capacity to serve guests, the number of staff has to be doubled to serve." Resorts in Bai Dai such as The Anam, Movenpick Cam Ranh and hotels along the Nha Trang coast... all have high room occupancy rates this summer.
Head of Nha Trang tourist wharf, Mr. Tran Van Phu said: In recent weeks, tourists going on sea and island tours in Nha Trang Bay have been very crowded, about 4,000 visitors/day. On weekends alone, it is up to 6,000 - 7,000 visitors/day.
The fleet of tourist boats and canoes is almost running at full capacity to serve. Tourists mainly go on tours to the three islands of Hon Mun, Hon Tam, Lang Chai, Bai Tranh, San Ho Bay, Hon Soi... At the end of June, after the order to temporarily stop diving in Hon Mun, tourists switched to diving in Bai Tranh and San Ho Bay. Hon Tam tourist area has welcomed about 75,000 visitors. The two tourist areas of Hoa Lan Island and Monkey Island also attract a large number of tourists, each day the two islands welcome about 1,000 visitors, especially on the two weekends, it is 1,200 - 1,300 visitors.
Group tours from Nha Trang to neighboring localities such as Ninh Thuan, Da Lat, Tuy Hoa, Phan Thiet are also increasingly attracting tourists, bringing new appeal to this beautiful island region. Mr. Tran Van Duc - Chairman of Khanh Hoa Tourism Association said: "Sea and island tours are the strength of Nha Trang every summer, especially this summer there are many high-end sea resort products associated with yachts and sailboats. Emperor, Horizon, Sea Coral yachts, Catamaran sailboats... all have tours to take guests to enjoy the beauty of Nha Trang Bay and Nha Phu lagoon.
In particular, the Nha Phu lagoon sunset tours attract a large number of tourists to register. Recently, the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has also allowed Sealife Group Company Limited to pilot the operation of overnight tourist accommodation boats on Nha Trang Bay.
Nha Trang exceeded the tourism target of 4,000 billion VND.
Hon En Adventure Sports Tourism Company Limited in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Sports of Khanh Hoa province also organized the opening ceremony of the Nha Trang Paragliding Festival 2022. Thereby, to introduce and bring new and interesting experiences to domestic and foreign tourists about paragliding, creating a premise to promote the development of adventure sports activities, stimulating tourism in Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa.
The number of tourists has increased rapidly in Nha Trang city, showing that the locality has really recovered strongly and the tourism industry is regaining its "form" as a key economic sector. With a series of programs in the "Nha Trang - Hello Summer" event series to serve and attract tourists. Khanh Hoa will also complete the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Cultural Tourism Handbook to serve the province's tourism promotion work.
