Vietnamese airlines and travel firms started to recover in late 2020 thanks to stringent quarantine and good pandemic control measures, but the resurgence of the third coronavirus wave triggered by the fast-spreading U.K. variant in late January crushed the peak Tet holiday travel season. Many localities canceled crowded spring festivals, scrapped fireworks shows and suspended sports and entertainment activities while tourism hotspots shut down, forcing many people to cancel travel plans. Due to the falling number of domestic tourists during Tet , normally the busiest travel season of the year filled with festivals and crowded events, tourism revenues in the first two months of this year were down 62.1 percent year-on-year to VND2.5 trillion ($109 million). After the third wave was brought under control in late March, top tourist destinations reopened in preparation for the return of tourists during the four-day holidays for Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 1). Popular tourist destinations such as Phu Quoc, Ha Long, Sa Pa, and Da Lat were fully booked. The resurgence of the fourth coronavirus wave just two days before the holidays began did not prevent people from traveling and tourist towns cashed in and earned millions of dollars in… Read full this story
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