By 2025, Vietnam tourism strives to welcome 25

The general goal of the Plan by 2025 is for Vietnam to become an attractive destination with high tourism development capacity in the world .

By 2030, tourism will truly become a spearhead economic sector, developing towards green growth; becoming a destination with leading development capacity in the world.

By 2025, strive to welcome 25 - 28 million international visitors

The specific goal is to welcome 25-28 million international visitors by 2025; 130 million domestic visitors, maintaining a domestic visitor growth rate of 8-9%/year. By 2030, welcome 35 million international visitors, a growth rate of 13-15%/year; welcome 160 million domestic visitors, a domestic visitor growth rate of 4-5%/year.

Strive to directly contribute 8-9% to GDP by 2025; directly contribute 13-14% to GDP by 2030.

Regarding the demand for accommodation rooms, by 2025, about 1.3 million rooms; by 2030, about 2 million rooms.

By 2025, Vietnam tourism strives to welcome 25 - 28 million international visitors - Illustrative photo VNA

According to the Plan, by 2025, tourism will create about 6.3 million jobs, of which about 2.1 million are direct jobs; by 2030, it will create about 10.5 million jobs, of which about 3.5 million are direct jobs.

In terms of culture and society, tourism contributes to preserving and promoting cultural values, creating livelihoods for the community, contributing to the successful implementation of national target programs; improving people's knowledge and spiritual life.

Regarding the environment, sustainable tourism development is associated with environmental protection; effectively responding to climate change. By 2030, 100% of tourist areas and destinations; tourist accommodation establishments and other coastal service businesses will not use disposable plastic products and hard-to-decompose nylon bags.

Regarding security and defense, tourism contributes to affirming and protecting national territorial sovereignty, maintaining security, order and social safety.

By 2045, tourism will affirm its role as a driving force of the economy; a prominent global destination, among the top tourism-developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Striving to welcome 70 million international visitors; total revenue from tourists reaching about 7,300 trillion VND; contributing 17-18% of GDP.

Restore and maintain growth momentum of domestic tourist market

For the domestic market, according to the Plan, in the period of 2021 - 2025, restore and maintain the growth momentum of the domestic tourist market. In the period of 2026 - 2030: Promote the exploitation of high-paying market segments, long-term stays, new markets for golf tourism, sports tourism, and adventure tourism.

For the international market, in the period of 2021 - 2025, restore traditional markets, combine attracting emerging markets: India, Middle Eastern countries.

2026-2030 period: Maintain and expand the scale of traditional markets: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, Russia and Eastern Europe, Oceania; diversify markets, shift towards increasing the market share of customers with high spending ability.

Optimizing exploitation of sea and island tourism resources

Regarding product development orientation, according to the Plan, we will optimally exploit marine and island tourism resources to develop tourism products that can compete with other countries in the region in terms of marine resorts, marine ecology and cruise tourism. Develop high-end marine resort centers with strong brands in the international market.

Promoting regional cultural values ​​as a foundation for building tourism products associated with heritage, festivals, sightseeing and learning about lifestyles and cuisine; connecting Vietnamese heritages with countries in the region and the world; effectively linking tourism with cultural industries.

Develop ecotourism products based on advantages of natural resources, especially in world biosphere reserves, national parks, nature reserves and marine reserves; attach importance to developing ecotourism in mangrove forests, garden ecology, cave ecology, rivers and lakes.

Developing tourism products associated with central cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Can Tho; special cities, such as: Hoi An heritage city (Quang Nam), Hue (Thua Thien Hue); key cities for tourism development, such as: Sa Pa (Lao Cai), Ha Long (Quang Ninh), Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa), Da Lat (Lam Dong), Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan), Phu Quoc (Kien Giang); focusing on linking tourism with cultural industry and developing the night-time economy.

In addition, develop new types of tourism in the direction of diversifying products in line with new market trends: tourism combining medical treatment, health care and aesthetics; agricultural and rural tourism; sports and adventure sports tourism; conference, seminar and event tourism (MICE); educational tourism; cruise tourism; industrial tourism.

Develop unique and outstanding regional tourism products; form regional tourism products and build regional tourism brands on the basis of strengthening regional connectivity.

Forming 8 dynamic areas for tourism development

Vietnam's tourism space development plan includes: 06 regions, 03 growth poles, 08 dynamic areas, 05 main tourism corridors, 11 tourism centers; forming a system of national tourist areas and potential locations to develop into national tourist areas.

Specifically, build and form 08 dynamic tourism development areas to concentrate resources, maximize investment efficiency, spread and promote the benefits and values ​​of tourism.

By 2030, focus on forming 06 dynamic areas: 1- Dynamic area for tourism development in Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh - Ninh Binh: Promote tourism development in the Red River Delta region, and more broadly the entire Northern region, linking diversely and complementing each other in terms of cultural and historical tourism products with sea tourism and world heritage.

2- The dynamic area for tourism development in Thanh Hoa - Nghe An - Ha Tinh: Create support in the direction of combining diverse tourism products associated with ecology, world heritage, historical culture, beliefs with sea tourism, source tourism, community tourism associated with ethnic minorities in mountainous areas.

3- Dynamic tourism development areas of Quang Binh - Quang Tri - Thua Thien Hue - Da Nang - Quang Nam: Promote tourism development in the North Central and Central Coast regions; connect domestic and international world heritages, link cultural tourism products with urban tourism and beach resorts.

4- The driving force for tourism development in Khanh Hoa - Lam Dong - Ninh Thuan - Binh Thuan: Promote tourism development based on strengthening the connection between the North Central and Central Coast regions with the Central Highlands; diversify products based on connecting mountain resort tourism with beach resort tourism, delta culture with the Central Highlands gong cultural space.

5- The driving force for tourism development in Ho Chi Minh City - Ba Ria - Vung Tau: Promote tourism development in the entire Southeast region, linking tourism development with the Southern economic corridor.

6- Dynamic tourism development area of ​​Can Tho - Kien Giang - Ca Mau: Promote tourism development in the entire Mekong Delta region, linking tourism development with the coastal economic corridor of the Southern economic corridor.

After 2030, 2 dynamic areas will be formed:

1- Driving force for tourism development in Lao Cai - Ha Giang: Promote tourism development in the entire Northern Midlands and Mountains region connecting with the tourist market in Yunnan (China) and linking tourism development along the Kunming - Hanoi - Hai Phong economic corridor;

2- The driving force for tourism development in Hoa Binh - Son La - Dien Bien: Promoting tourism development for the Northwest sub-region in the Northern Midlands and Mountains, linking tourism development along the East-West economic corridor along National Highway 6.

Focus on key tourism markets and new markets

According to the Plan, priority will be given to budget support for market research activities, focusing on key tourism markets and new markets. Market promotion activities will be maintained for traditional international tourism markets.

Improve the efficiency of research and market promotion activities in a professional and modern manner; build a synchronous and complete national database system on the tourism market.

Diversify and improve the quality of tourism products and services with local and regional characteristics. Develop entertainment products associated with the night-time economy and cultural industry, focusing on tourist centers.

Developing human resources for tourism

According to the Plan, standards will be developed and implemented to standardize tourism human resources; school standards will be announced and implemented to improve tourism training and fostering capacity, gradually integrating into regional vocational standards.

Strengthen cooperation and linkage with prestigious domestic and international training institutions, between training institutions and tourism enterprises to develop tourism human resources, meeting the training needs of enterprises.

Diversify training forms: Formal training and vocational training; supplementary training, short-term training; focus on supplementary training of new knowledge and skills and enhance training at enterprises, for the community participating in tourism business.

Upgrading facilities, equipment, training programs, teaching staff, textbooks and teaching materials for tourism training establishments.

Source: https://toquoc.vn/nam-2025-du-lich-viet-nam-phan-dau-don-tu-25-28-trieu-luot-khach-quoc-te-20240613205457603.htm