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According to the Vietnam Tourism Association, in the period before the covid-19 epidemic, China was the largest outbound tourism market in the world, bringing revenue to account for up to 20% of global tourism revenue. Therefore, the Chinese government's opening of international border crossings from January 8, 2023 has created a positive effect on global tourism.

With Vietnam alone, President of Vietnam Tourism Association Vu the Binh said that China is the largest tourism market, both inbound and outbound. In 2019, Vietnam welcomed 5.8 million Chinese visitors (accounting for nearly a third of international visitors to Vietnam) and the number of Vietnamese people traveling to China (reaching about 4.5 million) also topped the list of outbound visitors of Vietnam.

At the conference, delegates, aviation and travel agencies have proposed many practical solutions to welcome the” No. 1 customer market " of Vietnam effectively, quality, safety translation room.

Here, Vietnam Airlines will organize famtrip delegations (surveys) for Chinese enterprises to come to Vietnam to re-survey the location; organize pavilions promoting Vietnam Tourism at Guangzhou Expo Fair in 2023…

As a locality bordering China, in 2019 welcomed 75,000 Chinese visitors, the director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh Province Pham Van Thuy suggested, it is necessary to consider the mechanism peculiar to welcoming Chinese visitors at the border crossings; unified solutions for welcoming businesses to avoid the status of poor quality “0 Dong” tours, tax evasion tours.

According to the president of Quang Ninh Tourism Association Nguyen The Hue, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and tourism needs to regularly have thanh activities, check the travel enterprises in terms of capacity to pick up guests, avoid the existence of disguised enterprises, underground activities not guaranteed to serve guests.

At the conference, many travel businesses in the localities with large markets from China such as Da Nang, Nha Trang( Khanh Hoa), Quang Ninh, Hai Phong... also proposed solutions that need to be implemented immediately such as: early announcement of visa policy, simplifying immigration procedures, creating a Healthy Tourism Environment, Building Products in accordance with the tastes of Chinese visitors, enhancing promotion, improving the quality of human resources…

Vietnam - China border gates have reopened from January 8, tourism activities will be resumed soon. In the face of great competition with countries in the region, the plan to prepare for Chinese visitors is now considered practical for Vietnam to quickly attract customers from the big market safely and effectively.