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Visitors to Ha Long Bay sharply increase
  • | dtinews.vn, LD | June 01, 2020 03:02 PM
The number of tourists to Ha Long Bay has considerably increased after the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the management board of Ha Long Bay, following the province’s decision to offer free tickets to Ha Long Bay from May 14, the bay has seen more tourists.

Ha Long Bay welcomed 3,000-4,000 travellers per day between Monday and Friday, while the figure reached up to 20,000 daily at the weekend.

Pham Dinh Huynh, deputy head of the bay management board, said at present, visitors only have to pay the boat rental which has also been discounted to just VND1,000-150,000 (USD4.34-6.52) per person or VND1.5-2 million for the whole boat.

The province’s tourism stimulus programme has proved goods results. Most of the local hotels and restaurants have been full.

Nguyen Ngoc Minh, a tourist boat owner, said that all tourist boats in Ha Long have basically resumed their operation as normal thanks to the visitor increase with three or four trips per day.

Visitors to Ha Long Bay, Yen Tu tourist site and Quang Ninh Square from May 14 and June 1 enjoyed free tickets. The priority will be also applied on holidays Vietnamese Family Day (June 28), Vietnam Tourism Day (July 9) and War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27), August Revolution (19/8), National Day (2/9), Vietnamese Women’s Day (20/10) and Vietnamese People's Army Day (22/12).

However, the free tickets are not applicable to those staying overnight in the bay.

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