Corona plague: Don' t look at the painting too dark

Challenging the tourism industry

The conference was held with objective objective, full of the developments of the ncov epidemic, the forecast of damage, losses caused by the epidemic to vietnam and proposed solutions to quickly restore tourism activities. The conference is also aimed at consulting relevant units in the sector of the tourism sector' s plan for response to the tourism sector' s response plan and solutions to rehabilitation.

At the conference, the deputy minister of vh le quang tung said that the ncov hấp viêm outbreak between the rate of tourism growth is good, in january growth with 2 million international visitors.

However, at the beginning of the new year, the tourism sector faced the first challenge of reducing the amount of customers and revenue at least in the first quarter and is not yet clear. Meanwhile, at the january - january meeting, the government has no adjustment on the growth goals, including tourism. The general department of tourism estimates the number of losses of vietnam tourism sector in the next 3 months to $7.7 billion if there are no drastic solutions that attract customers.

Mr. Phung quang thang - Vice President of the vietnam caravan association - cho said: the status of the cancelled guest, cancelled reservation, cancelled service, is not scheduled to travel very popular today. Tourism businesses are struggling to defend themselves against the epidemic, addressing the circumstances arising. The forecast will last and hard to fix in a few months. This is really a negative impact crisis on many businesses and workers in tourism.

In Hanoi, the number of hủy to the April 4, 000 to more than 13,000 rooms, more than 1.6,000 guests; transport activities reduced 30% - 50%.

Mr. Cao Tri Dung - Chairman of Da Nang tourism association - said: international visitors to da nang reduce 30% - 40%, and hotel accommodation is only about 30%. Quang ninh also suffered heavy effects when there were about 12, 000 ha long bay visitors, and now 3, 000, expected to continue falling in the coming days.

In the past, the average monthly province of Vinh Phuc welcomed about 500, 000 visitors, focusing mainly on west thien, tam dao and the Flamingo. Nguyen Xuan Nham - Vice President of Vinh Phuc tourism association, the epidemic is making the population fall to 40%, more than 100 hotels and hundreds of motels in serious provinces.

According to hoang van tuyen, chairman of the lao cai tourism association, the stopping tour has made 15, 000 live workers in the unemployed industry. Ngo Hoai Chung - deputy general director of the general department of tourism - said that the forecast would end at the end of march and first quarter of the fourth quarter of 2020, a new tourism trip back to normal.

So calm down to find the solution

At the conference, before discussing the solution, many ideas underscore the first thing that the tourism sector needs to avoid calm. Because in addition to the drastic solutions that viet nam is implementing to prevent epidemic, the areas without epidemic will continue to operate, of course in control and ensure safety.

As a result, when the ministry of VH-TT-DL has asked to close historic sites, scenic spots, vu vu binh - vice chairman of the Vietnam tourism association, receive hundreds of calls from local, businesses. They worry because if guests don' t come, every stop is the ngay” tourism industry, he shares. The association immediately proposed the proposal to adjust the document, and the date of February 6 was "corrected sai”. Therefore, binh commented that it is necessary to create a calm air in the industry, directing the star, but yes, winning.

Sharing the same view, Ms. Do Thi Hong Xoan - Chairman of Hotel Association - said that: Let's not look at the picture too dark but need to balance the states. "Afraid that the rain has not come yet, just take the umbrella and run around. We still have to live, to work. Need to decentralize the affected areas, where not to minimize the harmful effects of the disease but still ensure activities in the disease-free area, "Ms. Xoan recommended. According to Tran Trong Kien, a member of the Tourism Advisory Council (TAB), TAB's quick statistics show that many hotels still maintain 75-80% capacity. Most guests canceled from China, Northeast Asia market, and far fewer markets cancel.

Acknowledging that the outbreak of acute respiratory infections nCoV occurred as a disaster for aviation and tourism, Mr. Do Xuan Quang - Deputy General Director of Vietjet Air said that, despite having to stop all flights to China from 1 / 2, with nearly 40,000 flights, but the airline is still promoting and opening new routes to attract customers, such as the new Hanoi - New Delhi route from February 12 to.

Mr. Quang affirmed that it is necessary to have official information from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Ministry of Health and the Government to avoid the impatience because in Vietnam the epidemic is not too serious and we are in good control. Therefore do not react too negatively.

Activities are needed to promote tourism after the epidemic season

Referring to solutions to cope with corona epidemic, Deputy Minister Le Quang Tung said that VNAT is drafting a draft action plan, with solutions for 2 timelines: during an epidemic, every activities are still taking place, not necessarily closed but disease safety control; After the epidemic is over, solutions should be taken now to come here to work.

From the experience of dealing with SARS, Mr. Le Hong Hai - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Airlines said that in early May 2003, when Vietnam announced its control over the epidemic, in July, domestic tourism recovered, in September was international visitors, ie one beat slower. Therefore, Vietnam should focus on promoting the recovery phase. However, at the moment there is a translation, the information must be true, sufficient and accurate, consistent and timely. In the post-epidemic phase, it is necessary to develop a careful scenario to attract tourists to Vietnam instead of going to other countries, because often when the epidemic is over, the tourism market explodes.

Mr. Tran Trong Kien said, according to TAB research, in Vietnam after the pandemic, crisis, the fastest recovering markets were the UK (3 months), Australia, Europe (6-10 months), the US (12-16 months), ... should focus on marketing, reassuring visitors that Vietnam is a destination, then continue promoting to attract Chinese customers.

However, the representative of Sun Group Group proposed that the promotion must be conducted immediately, businesses cannot wait for the fourth quarter to recover. Therefore, at the end of March, this group cooperated with aviation, service partners to create stimulating products for the domestic market. "Just out of epidemic, 1 week later domestic guests have demand for tourism," he said.

According to Ms. Do Thi Hong Xoan, Vietnam has overcome many similar crises, such as SARS epidemic, ... and domestic tourists still need to travel, so in parallel with promotion, promotion is needed. coordinating the stimulation of tourism by past "we have great mental crisis". Mr. Tran Viet Trung - Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism, noted that the promotion needs to be friendly with customers and not discriminate against guests. There are still more than 2,000 Chinese in Khanh Hoa, so the act of chasing away and continuing to receive controlled control to create a good image, through the pandemic, came back to Vietnam more.

In addition, many people at the conference said that the corona outbreak was also an opportunity for the tourism industry to look back on itself, first to review facilities, upgrade the quality of services to prepare guests to increase. strong growth after epidemic; Moreover, human resource training and technology application in tourism activities will be promoted.

Regarding support policies for the industry, the representative of the Tourism Association proposed: Reduce 10% VAT to 5% in 6 months; defer VAT payment for another 6 months, ie to the next year; Free visa fees for all markets.

Mr. Ngo Hoai Chung said that he would propose the Government and National Assembly to allow tax reduction, tax extension, and direct the bank to reduce interest rates for tourism businesses. Meanwhile, Deputy Minister Le Quang Tung informed that he would propose the Government to consider waiving fees and simplifying visa procedures for package tourists traveling by delegations served by international travel companies. Visa declaration at the border. "We will propose that the Government waive visa fees for visitors for 6 months or from now until the end of the year to attract visitors in visa markets" - Mr. Tung said.

When the key market of Vietnam's tourism is China, the tourism industry is expected to expand the market with convenient flight connections, which are growing rapidly such as Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Loan (China) and ASEAN; focus on exploiting large and potential markets like India. Increasing the attraction of tourists from North America, exploiting more strongly the US and Canada markets, especially when there are direct flights from Vietnam to the US.

In addition, the domestic tourism market will be promoted with a synchronous solution from the organization of activities to stimulate domestic tourism. Organizing to link service providers to form package tourism programs at preferential prices for Vietnamese tourists. The General Department of Tourism also proposed that the People's Committees of provinces and cities consider reducing prices, free tickets, entrance fees from 1-2 months to stimulate tourism after the nCoV epidemic is under control.