QUANG NAM – On the weekends from early March, tourists come to Hoi An to visit again crowdedly, many old streets filled with people.
On weekends, from 14am to 9pm on many old streets, visitors will follow each other. Every day, the old town attracts more than 1,000 visitors, up to 3 times compared to normal days.
Hundreds of tourists walk on Tran Phu Street. Visitors to Hoi An are mainly domestic, most of which come from neighboring provinces and cities.
Visitors cycling on Le Loi Street, located in the Old Quarter area only allowed to walk and bicycles, motor vehicles are prohibited. There are many car rental points from 30,000 VND / day, some hotels also prepare cars for guests to use to visit.
Tourists visit Cau pagoda – a famous place of Hoi An.
According to Ms. Truong Thi Ngoc Cam, Director of Hoi An City Center for Culture, Sports and Broadcasting (Culture, Sports and Tourism), tourism activities are recovering from the Covid-19 epidemic. In the first two months of the year, the number of tourists was small, but in the beginning of March, it has increased.
Along the street are many colorful confetti trellises, attracting visitors to take pictures.
Ms. Lan, a tourist in Quang Binh shared, after the translation of Covid-19 was controlled, she and her friends went to Hoi An. The weather here is very beautiful, it is sunny. Through comparison, she found that although the town was crowded with customers, it was not equal to the same period of previous years, when the epidemic had not taken place yet.
Tourists wait in line to buy drinks at Mot restaurant on Tran Phu street.
Ms. Lan, the owner of a tea shop on Bach Dang Street, said that it has been a long time since a large number of customers have returned on weekends. In January, February, there were no customers, so she only opened the shop on weekends, but could not sell much. “From March 8 to now, the number of customers has tripled, so I open the sale on weekdays to add income,” she said.
In the first quarter of 2021, Hoi An welcomed more than 146,375 visitors, mainly domestic tourists. In which, nearly 10,000 visitors buy tickets to visit. Hoi An is applying a 50% discount program for visitors when visiting the old town, Thanh Ha pottery village and Tra Que vegetable village.
At night, a series of boats and rafts on the Hoa River light up bright lanterns, attracting many tourists to enjoy the old town by boat. “After many months of lying on the shore, I have to remodel to serve guests. Every weekend can carry a few passengers and earn more than 200 thousand VND”, Mr. Hung said and wished for more tourists to come to Hoi An. people with jobs.
Many shops in the old town remained closed. The reason is that there are not many foreign customers, so the sale of goods is low, the store stops working.
“To help tourists have more choices in tourism services, the city is lobbying these stores to reopen,” said Truong Thi Ngoc Cam, director of the Center for Culture and Sports and Tourism.
Art show Hoi An Show in front of Cau Pagoda on 28/3 serving tourists.
Hoi An organized many events such as March 26, Hoi An Ancient Town Night took place; turn off the electricity in response to Earth Hour on March 27; Music night to commemorate musician Trinh Cong Son with the theme “Have a day like that, you go” on April 1.
From April 9-11, the Korean Embassy, Korea Cultural Center in cooperation with Quang Nam province, organized the ‘Korean Cultural Days’ event in Hoi An with many programs to serve tourists. .
In Quang Nam, the total number of visitors in March was nearly 77 thousand, up 27.3% over the previous month, but down 32.4% over the same period. Generally in the first 3 months of the year, the total number of tourists staying in the province decreased by 71% over the same period, of which international visitors decreased 98%, domestic visitors decreased 63%; the total number of visitors served by tour operators decreased by 79%.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hong, Director of Quang Nam Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that in order to stimulate demand and attract tourists, the Department is coordinating with the Tourism Association and tourism establishments to innovate products and improve service quality and focus on promoting propaganda and promotion to domestic tourists. In the coming time, when some countries do a good job of preventing epidemics, localities can open a program to welcome tourism in the direction of vaccine passport. Follow vnexpress