Some Vietnamese provinces and cities have initially applied technology to tourism development.

Recently, the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue organized the forum "Hue Tourism 2020" with the theme "Connecting travel agencies - Hue, a safe and friendly destination" to carry out tasks and solutions to restore and stimulate tourism development in Thua Thien Hue from now until the end of 2020. Accordingly, from now until the end of 2020, the tourism industry of Thua Thien Hue will implement many stimulus programs to attract tourists to Hue.

Specifically, the province will50% discount on admission ticketsHue ancient capital relic sites and issue electronic tourist cards for ticket sales, accommodation, travel, and shopping activities when tourists come to Hue. This is a type of tourist card that replaces cash, and can be used to pay for sightseeing and shopping at tourist attractions, entertainment services, restaurants, etc. in Thua Thien - Hue. Users will enjoy many separate preferential policies from card-accepting units.

At the same time, representatives of Thua Thien - Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang organized the signing and announcement of the joint action program to restore and develop tourism in the three central localities to strengthen cooperation, promote the tourism strengths of each locality, create momentum for tourism recovery during and immediately after the Covid-19 pandemic with the theme "Safe and hospitable destinations of Thua Thien Hue - Da Nang - Quang Nam".

Meanwhile, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ninh Thuan province said that the smart tourism application on the phone Ninh Thuan Tourism has just been officially put into operation. This information portal will have full features useful for tourists, tourism businesses and state management agencies. With a smartphone, tourists can easily experience a video store about tourism, destinations, suggested places to eat, hotels, outstanding events, banking services, healthcare, means of transportation... in Ninh Thuan province.

Previously, to meet the needs of tourists, Ninh Thuan Provincial Museum has put into use QR code scanning technology using smartphones to help visitors access information related to displayed artifacts easily, conveniently, and have new experiences.

Currently, to promote tourism development after the Covid-19 pandemic, Ninh Thuan province has launched a response to the program "Vietnamese people travel to Vietnam". Specifically, the whole province has 35 accommodation establishments, travel agencies, restaurants, and service establishments registered to implement the promotion program, aiming to stimulate tourism by reducing prices from 10% - 50% for services: taking a glass-bottom boat to visit the bay, watching corals under the sea, diving to see corals in Vinh Hy Bay. At the same time, discounts on tours in Ninh Thuan, discounts on menus, discounts on food, discounts on tickets... for tourism service activities from May 29 to December 31, 2020. Particularly for students, students, children under 12 years old are exempted from tickets to visit the Cham Cultural Research Center (Phan Rang - Thap Cham City), Du Long Film Studio (Thuan Bac district)...

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