It is expected that a huge number of businesses and people will return to the tourism industry

DNHN - When the number of enterprises returning to this area grows, the potential for business recovery in the tourist industry becomes apparent.

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourists, Vietnam's tourism industry is continuing to recover, resulting in a rise in the number of service tourism firms returning and an increase in people recruitment in this area. 

In which the lodging and food service industries grew by 27.7 per cent. The number of newly registered employees in the tourist and service industries grew by almost 20%.

According to data from the General Statistics Office, Vietnam received 352.6 thousand overseas tourists in July 2022, a 49 per cent increase over the previous month. In general, 954 thousand arrivals were received in the first seven months of 2022, a rise of over nine times over the same period in the previous year.

As a consequence, the average monthly growth rate in the first seven months of the year was 62 per cent each month.

International tourist growth averaged 62 per cent each month in the first seven months of the year. With 196.2 thousand arrivals, Korea is the leading sending market. There are four markets in Northeast Asia and four markets in Southeast Asia in the top ten, as well as the United States and Australia. European markets are rebounding very quickly.

The number of new and returning firms in tourism and services has quickly expanded. Over the same period, the number of licenses assessed and issued by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to foreign travel enterprises has increased substantially.

The country will have 2,415 foreign travel enterprises by the end of June 2022. There are now 1,060 domestic travel enterprises licensed by municipalities.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism issued 46 decisions on recognition of 4-5 star lodging businesses in the first six months of the year, of which 9 are 5-star hotels and 35 are 4-star hotels. and two five-star tourist flats Currently, the nation has around 33,330 tourist lodging businesses with a total of 667,000 rooms, including 215 5-star hotels with 72,000 rooms and 334 4-star hotels with 45,000 rooms.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the number of newly founded firms in the tourist industry increased significantly in the first six months of 2022, including lodging and food services. beverage reached 3,065 businesses, a 27.7 per cent increase during the same time; employment and tourist services reached 3,902 businesses, a 23.4 per cent increase.

The likelihood of economic revival in the tourist industry becomes apparent as the number of enterprises returning to operations grows. In the first six months of the year, the number of firms returning to operation in the sector of lodging and catering services reached 2,362 enterprises, a 63.5 per cent increase over the same period; employment and tourist services reached 2,215 enterprises, a 50.5 per cent increase.

The reintroduction of tourism has resulted in the creation of new employment. Over the same time last year, the number of registered workers of newly founded firms in the service sector climbed by 15.9 per cent, with housing and catering services increasing by 19.7 per cent and employment and tourist services increasing by 20.7 per cent.

Vietnam is one of the top locations with the greatest growth rates in the globe, ranging from 50% to 75%. Over the same period, the number of worldwide searches for Vietnam tourism surged by more than 1,200 per cent. Along with this trend, demand for both internal and outbound tourism by Vietnamese travellers is expanding quickly throughout the summer tourist season this year.

In response to new developments in the international visitor market to Vietnam, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism collaborated with tourism businesses, airlines, and destinations to plan organization promotional activities to quickly recover the international tourist market to Vietnam, with a focus on markets near Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

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