The attraction of sea tourism

With its strengths in sea and island tourism, along with favorable factors in foreign transportation, sunny weather... Binh Thuan destination has still shown its attraction in the past time as well as the upcoming great festival...

In the first quarter of 2024, tourism activities in Binh Thuan continued to be vibrant with an average of more than 700,000 visitors per month, and the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin alone attracted 205,000 visitors (an increase of 28% compared to last year's Tet holiday). It can be said that, in addition to benefiting from the operation of the highways passing through the province, the weather always supports tourism activities, the local "smokeless industry" also holds the strength of sea and island tourism. This is also creating competitiveness to attract visitors to Binh Thuan as global tourism activities gradually recover and develop step by step as before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Binh Thuan is a destination with strengths in sea and island tourism. Photo: Dinh Hoa

Another noteworthy information is that at the end of this month, Booking - the world's leading travel application announced a list of 10 destinations in Vietnam that were searched a lot by visitors in the Asia - Pacific region in the first 3 months of 2024. In addition to the two largest cities in the country, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, most of the remaining destinations named possess strengths in sea - island tourism, including Mui Ne (alongside Da Nang, Nha Trang, Vung Tau, Phu Quoc, Hoi An, Hue ...). It is known that the survey participants mainly include tourists over 18 years old and are the ones who decide or plan the trip. The results just announced further show the attraction of Vietnam's sea - island areas to international visitors, accordingly, the number of searches and bookings is forecasted to continue to increase in the coming time at these destinations.

Phu Quy - a small island with pristine beauty is expected to attract a lot of visitors during the upcoming April 30 - May 1 holiday (Illustration photo).

In preparation for the 30/4 and 1/5 holidays this year, many travel agencies have designed and introduced a variety of tours to meet the travel needs of domestic tourists, focusing on destinations with strengths in sea and island tourism. For example, Saigontourism has built a 2-day - 1-night Phan Thiet tour, or a 3-day - 2-night tour departing from Ho Chi Minh City with the desire to bring tourists meaningful sightseeing and relaxation trips in this coastal area... Meanwhile, VN TOUR Tourism has selected and designed and suggested tourists to join the Phan Thiet tour program with a duration of 3 days - 2 nights according to the schedule: Ho Chi Minh City - Ta Cu Tourist Area - Mui Ne (day 1), Bau Sen - Bau Trang - Wind Power Field (day 2), Pink Sand Hill - Ho Chi Minh City (day 3). As for INTOUR, the tourism program for the upcoming holiday also introduces a 3-day - 2-night Phan Thiet tour, bringing tourists to experience and relax in the land associated with the outstanding image of "Blue Sea - White Sand - Yellow Sunshine".

Especially with Phu Quy tourism - a new emerging destination of Binh Thuan that is very attractive to tourists, many sources of information said that the high-speed boats transporting passengers from Phan Thiet to the island district on the occasion of April 30 - May 1 have been booked for the majority of tickets. Along with that, all accommodation facilities on the small island that still has wild and poetic features have also begun to prepare conditions to thoughtfully serve thousands of tourists heading to Phu Quy every day at this time... Ms. Quynh Nhu in Thu Duc city (Ho Chi Minh City) has never set foot on the "pearl island" of Binh Thuan, so she wants to take the initiative to arrange time to explore this place with her friends. If she goes alone, she will register for a tour from a travel agency. Through research, it is known that there are currently many tours organized on the occasion of April 30 - May 1, 2024 with attractive schedules such as designing a Phu Quy tour (3 days - 3 nights) departing from Ho Chi Minh City; Phu Quy tour on April 30th, even though it is only 2 days - 2 nights, still helps tourists have time to experience Ganh Hang, save images at the island sovereignty flagpole, Doc Phuot - Love Valley, conquer Cao Cat mountain - Linh Son pagoda, visit Dinh Thay cape...

With the attraction of sea and island tourism, Binh Thuan destination is expected to "win big" in terms of both visitors and revenue during the upcoming holiday season and then continue to enter the peak summer tourist season of 2024.

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