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Opening of the National Tourism Year 2021

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On the evening of April 20, the opening ceremony of the National Tourism Year 2021 with the theme ‘Hoa Lu – The ancient capital of a thousand years’ took place at the Special National Historical Site of the Old Citadel – Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh).
Attending the opening ceremony were Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung. Representatives of Hanoi City were Party Secretary Dinh Tien Dung; Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen.

Special arts program at the opening ceremony of the National Tourism Year 2021 Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of Ninh Binh Provincial People’s Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the National Tourism Year 2021 Pham Quang Ngoc said that Ninh Binh province always focuses on investing in developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector, creating driving force to promote development for many industries, sectors, and at the same time to make Ninh Binh one of the tourist centers of the country. “The National Tourism Year 2021 with the theme” Hoa Lu – A thousand years old capital “is a series of events throughout the country to promote and encourage tourism across the country to overcome difficulties, and build the image of Vietnam as a safe destination. The whole, attractive “- Chairman of Ninh Binh Provincial People’s Committee said. At the opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam praised tourism authorities, business communities, localities, and the people for unanimously recovering the tourism market from the heavy influence of Covid- 19. Looking back at the development of Vietnam’s tourism, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that the tourism industry has seen impressive developments in recent years. Prior to the Covid-19 translation, Vietnam welcomed over 100 million domestic visitors, over 18 million international visitors, contributed more than 9% to the national DPG, created jobs for millions of workers and promoted for other industries to develop together. Vietnam has become a bright spot on the world map, is in the group of 10 countries with the highest growth rate and has won many prestigious international tourism awards such as: No. 1 in the world for heritage tourism. Asia’s No. 1 in golf tourism. Ninh Binh is also honored as 1 of the 50 most attractive destinations in the world, 1 in 20 ideal destinations for discovery tourism. Recently, Ninh Binh has also been voted as the most hospitable destination. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam also said that this development is thanks to the contribution of the tourism community, including many tourism investors, helping the infrastructure to develop quickly with many large-scale projects. and international quality products. In addition, there is the contribution of people all over the region in participating in tourism, building new products, working together to overcome shortcomings … In order for Vietnam’s tourism to quickly recover the market when it is unable to welcome international visitors, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam suggested localities and units to strictly comply with regulations on epidemic prevention and control; promote domestic tourism development; reviewing development policies, perfecting and upgrading tourism products, getting ready for new development when opening the door to welcome international visitors. Besides, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam also suggested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to coordinate with tourism associations to support and overcome difficulties for businesses; strengthen association activities, support to develop tourism in a sustainable and safe way … The National Tourism Year 2021 took place in 27 localities throughout the country, with 104 events. Ninh Binh province – the host province will preside over 38 activities, including 11 key activities such as: Opening Ceremony of National Tourism Year 2021 (combined with the opening of Hoa Lu Festival in 2021, taking place on 9 March of lunar calendar); Hoa Lu festival (March 9-11 of lunar calendar); Trang An festival (March 18th lunar month); Ceremony of Thien Thien; Tourism Week “The golden color of Tam Coc – Trang An”; Fine art exhibition “Ninh Binh Cultural Heritage” in 2021 and Art Exhibition “Legendary Ninh Binh” (held in the second quarter of 2021); Cuc Phuong week is great (held at the end of April); Industry Trade Fair and Tourism Ninh Binh (done in the third quarter); Closing Ceremony of National Tourism Year 2021 (held in December) … In addition to these 11 key activities, Ninh Binh also organizes 27 other activities taking place at different times of the year. In the opening ceremony, the people and visitors were able to see a special art show including 3 chapters: “Vietnam at that time”, “Young country thousands of miles away”, “Hoa Lu – I love you” … In order to ensure the environmental sanitation in the area where the Opening Ceremony is held, to prevent and prevent Covid-19 translation from happening, the Organizing Committee arranged 5 automatic body temperature scanners at the 3 entrance gates of the ceremony area. Opening: East gate (2 machines), North gate (2 machines), South gate, direction to Chi Phong village (1 machine). In addition, a handheld infrared thermometer was also used to perform temperature checks for 100% of the participants and participants. Participants and residents are required to complete 4 steps when attending the event: hand disinfection, wearing a mask, measuring body temperature and making a medical report to attend the opening ceremony. The medical declaration is done in 2 forms: Scan the QR-Code or record the medical declaration with a smartphone.