Chinese tourists like the central region of Vietnam and prefer sport activities and entertainment by the sea. (Photo: baokhanhhoa.vn) Responding to VTC News, arepresentative of the country's national airline, Vietnam Airlines, said thatit has prepared resources to welcome visitors from China.
"Early on, we prepared to welcome the recovery of Chinese tourism," arepresentative of Vietnam Airlines said. "As soon as China eased flightpermits and isolation conditions in December last year, Vietnam Airlinesreopened flights connecting Hanoi, HCM City to Guangzhou, Shanghai.
"The airline has increased the frequency of flights connecting Hanoi, HCMCity with Guangzhou and Shanghai, and at the same time resuming the Hanoi-Beijingroute this month.”
In the following months, the airline will reopen four routes, including Da Nangand Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu; and Hanoi and Chengdu.
Vietnam Airlines is also considering a route connecting Hanoi with Daxingairport in Beijing.
Vietnam Airlines served 8.1 million passengers between China and Vietnam in2019, accounting for 19% of the total number of Vietnam Airlines internationalpassengers and in the top three markets with the largest number of passengers.
Similarly, Bamboo Airways have welcomed the return of tourists.
The Chinese market is currently in the airline's priority development plan.From the beginning of December last year, Bamboo Airways launched directflights connecting Hanoi-Tianjin, with a frequency of one flight per week.
Bamboo Airways continues to receive many invitations to cooperate in promotingChinese tourists from destinations in China, such as Macao and Shanghai, todestinations in Vietnam, such as Nha Trang, Hanoi and HCM City.
"Bamboo Airways plans to start operating the charter route Nha Trang -Macao with a frequency of four flights per week and Hanoi/HCM City – Hekou witha frequency of three flights per week one way from next month," said arepresentative of Bamboo Airways. "With other destinations, the airline isin the process of negotiating with partners and is expected to launch newroutes from May or June, if conditions allow,"
Earlier, Vietjet also said it was preparing a plan to reopen a series of routesto Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, and Chongqing right after Chinareopened to Vietnam tourism.
A representative of Vietjet said that with direct flights from HCM City, DaNang and Phu Quoc to Hong Kong (China) and its network of routes connectingthroughout Southeast Asia, passengers could choose many flights.
Dr Le Dang Doanh said that China adding Vietnam to the list of countries that grouptours are resumed would greatly stimulate consumer demand in the aviation,transportation, and accommodation industries, dining and entertainment.
Chinese tourists like the Vietnamese central region and prefer sportsactivities, entertainment by the sea, cultural services and regional cuisine.
Therefore, Doanh predicted that tourist destinations in the Central regionwould attract more tourists than other places.
On the other hand, this information also helps airlines and carriers reducetheir burden when, in the past, these industries faced many difficulties becausethe number of international visitors was not as large as expected.
Agreeing with this view, the leader of a travel business in Hanoi analysed thatthe spending of Chinese tourists in Vietnam was always ranked at a high level.
According to the survey results of international visitors to Vietnam in 2019 bythe General Department of Tourism, Chinese tourists spent an average of 1,022USD a trip, higher than some markets such as Japan, the Republic of Korea andSoutheast Asian countries.
With this level of spending, revenue from Chinese tourists reached about 5.9billion USD in 2019, accounting for 18% of Vietnam’s total tourist revenue./.
VNA
