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Vietnam’s latest five-year tourism development action plan aims to make the nation rank among the 50 in tourism competitiveness by 2025.
In 2017, Vietnam was ranked 67th in the world.
Under a newly approved Vietnam tourism development action program for the 2021-2025 period, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has said it would focus utilising digital technologies in the tourism industry as part of transforming it into a spearhead economic sector and strive to improve its position to lower than 50th position in the next travel competitiveness rankings.
The tourism industry in Vietnam will develop a national database system, and digitalize its resources, including establishing a digital information system at tourist sites and service establishments.
The plan of action of Vietnam tourism will also give priority to developing high-quality human resources and a sustainable tourism labour market while providing post-pandemic support to related businesses.
In 2019, before the onset of Covid-19, Vietnam had received a record 18 million foreign tourists.
Since the first outbreak, Vietnam’s tourism industry has experienced one of the most difficult periods in its history. Last year, the number of foreign arrivals was down nearly 79 percent to 3.8 million.
Industry revenues from Vietnam Tourism plunged nearly 56 percent to VND17.9 trillion as flights were cancelled and people became reluctant to travel due to fears of contracting the novel coronavirus.
A recent report by the Vietnam Tourism Association said up to 90 percent of tourism companies are in dire straits. Most of them have had to let employees stay at home without pay.
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