The tile bridge of Luong pagoda is one of the famous attractions, check-in of Nam Dinh. Many potentials for tourism development When the Covid-19 translation affects the tourism industry, the psychology of tourists has many changes, the trend of self-sufficient, short-term, near-home travel is the choice of many Hanoi families. Destinations near Hanoi are “targeted” by many people. With the poetic and ancient beauty, Luong pagoda tile bridge attracts many tourists to take pictures and visit. More than 100km from Hanoi, it takes about 2 hours by road, Nam Dinh becomes the ideal place for Hanoi tourists to find a weekend rest. In the past, many people came to Nam Dinh mainly in the form of spiritual tourism at famous ancient temples and pagodas such as Co Le Pagoda, Keo Pagoda, Thick Covering, Tran Temple … But recently, Nam Dinh also known for many new and attractive destinations. Being a place where many Christians gather, the Hai Hau district, Xuan Truong area of ​​Nam Dinh has hundreds of churches, large and small, with many classical architecture in a unique gothic style. In which, there are many churches built elaborately and monumentally with dome design as in the West, including: Hung Nghia Church, Phu Nhai church, Kien Lao church, Thanh Danh parish. … Here, visitors feel lost in a fairytale world in the midst of Europe, easily having beautiful check-in photos like in the movie. Hung Nghia Church with classic domed gothic architecture like in Europe. One of the unique churches that tourists should visit when coming to Nam Dinh is the “Falling Church” located in Hai Ly commune, Hai Hau district. “The Church of the Fall” is also known as “The Church of the Heart”, due to the invasion of the sea, many items have collapsed, disappeared, this church has become an ancient ruins right by the coast. . With a wild beauty located in the middle of wild nature, “fallen church” has become a destination attracting many tourists. At this beach, visitors can also enjoy Nam Dinh’s specialties with many attractive seafood dishes. “Falling Church” on the coast of Hai Ly, Hai Hau, Nam Dinh is a check-in destination that attracts many tourists. Coming to Nam Dinh, in addition to exploring the unique church architecture, enjoying the literary songs of the culture of Tam Phu worship, visiting the beautiful ancient temples, visitors can also experience community travel. copper in Cuu Khuc ancient village with beautiful check-in spots such as: Luong pagoda tile bridge; visits to Pham Phao bronze trumpet-making village, Hai Minh antique village, Hanh Thien studious village – the hometown of the late General Secretary Truong Chinh; explore the Country Museum; Community-based tourism experience at Ecohost resort. This is probably the biggest value Nam Dinh tourism brings to visitors when visiting and experiencing new tourism products. In the tour to discover Nam Dinh, visitors can also visit the Pham Phao bronze trumpet village, to meet the family of artisan Nguyen Van Cuong who has a 70-year tradition of making brass. Increase connectivity to become a new travel product In early April, VietFoot Travel Company and members of the VGreen Sustainable Tourism Club (under the Hanoi Travel Association) organized a tour of Nam Dinh in the form of a caravan (self-driving) with the name “Exploiting Son Nam land”. The survey, involving more than 40 people, including travel agencies and tourists, aims to help tour operators build new tourism products connecting Hanoi and Nam Dinh for visitors by the end week. Tourists visit the Country Museum, an attractive cultural site, displaying many artifacts about life in Vietnamese villages. Deputy Director of Haseco Travel Trinh Thi Giang said that Nam Dinh has tourism potential when combining East-West cultural quintessence, can develop experiential tourism, community tourism, tourism. Linh. However, the tourist destinations of Nam Dinh have not been exploited much, the survey trip “Exploiting Son Nam land” increases the connection between Hanoi tourists and Nam Dinh’s tourist destinations. Meanwhile, Director of Pattours Travel Company Vu ​​Giang Bien – Vice Chairman of VGreen Club said that the survey helped Hanoi travel agencies to have a more detailed view of the potentials that can be exploited. thereby strengthening the promotion and communication strategies, creating efficiency for the construction of new tourism products between Hanoi and Nam Dinh. As the lead organization for the survey of caravan products “Exploiting Son Nam land”, Director of VietFoot Travel Company Pham Duy Nghia shared, the unit will build more tourism product lines Hanoi – South Dinh with a stay of 2 days 1 night for tourists on weekends. In particular, there will be many products designed specifically for visitors to have more options such as: tourism to explore the beauty of ancient churches, spiritual tourism, community tourism, ecotourism to experience village culture. hometown … “We hope to build more new tourism products to create effectiveness in stimulating tourism demand in Hanoi and neighboring provinces. Currently, the units start to deploy Ha tours. Noi – Nam Dinh “, Mr. Pham Duy Nghia said.

The sea tours are the most chosen by tourists during the holidays April 30 and 1-5. In the photo : The cable car route across Hon Thom sea starts from An Thoi station and ends at Hon Thom (Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province). Photo: Quynh Danh Many incentives and attractive discounts This year, the 4-day holiday season of April 30 and May 1 is a favorable opportunity for tourism businesses and destinations to attract tourists, increasing revenue in the context of the well-controlled Covid-19 epidemic. in water. To anticipate this tourist season, from the beginning of March 2021, airlines and many travel agencies have introduced attractive stimulus products, suitable to the trends and psychology of tourists. In addition to some flights with “hot” prices every day, such as the one from Hanoi to Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province), Phu Quoc (Kien Giang province), Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau province), the Airlines Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Bamboo Airways, and Pacific Airlines also reserve low-priced tickets in some routes: Hanoi to Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh province), Da Nang with less than 1 million VND / leg; Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh city about 2 million VND / leg. From the travel perspective, Vietravel Tourism Company launched many resort and discovery travel packages with “hitting the floor” price from only 699 thousand VND; Tour Da Nang – Hanoi – Ha Giang 4 days, 3 nights cost 5.39 million VND / person. VietSense Tourism Company introduces tours from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City to Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau province), Da Nang – Hoi An (Quang Nam province), Phu Quoc (Kien Giang province) , Moc Chau (Son La province) … has a discount from 10% to 25%. Flamingo Redtours Travel Company introduces domestic road tour priced from only 1.69 million / person, air tour priced from 8.29 million / person. Evaluation of tourism activities on the holidays April 30 and 1-5, Director of Vietravel Travel Company – Hanoi Branch Pham Van Bay said, as of the end of March 2021, more than 50% of the total 15,000 air tickets that Vietravel Tourism Company reserved to serve customers during the holidays have been sold. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Hanoi Travel Association, Director of Hanoitourist Travel Company Phung Quang Thang, informed that the number of visitors calling or booking online is quite a lot, up from 50% to 100% over the same period last year. . It is forecasted that the number of tourists who ordered tours will increase in the coming days. Director of Vietrantour Tourism Company Nguyen Thi Huyen said that the number of tourists increased and the demand for service quality also increased. And the director of VietSense Tourism Nguyen Van Tai information, marine tourism routes, such as Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh province), Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province), Phu Quoc (Kien Giang province), Ha Long (Quang province). Ninh) … is still the most chosen by tourists. In addition, many people find information about routes to the East – Northwest, Central Highlands, and West areas. Tourists experience the product of caravan tourism to explore the Northwest of VGreen Club (Hanoi Travel Association). “Leverage” to restore the market According to the travel agencies, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, tourists do not book tours early, often close to the new registration date, so the holiday tourism activities on April 30th, 1-5 and beyond, summer tourism is subject to change. Many new travel trends such as self-sufficient travel, small group travel, family travel or caravan travel (self-driving) will “take the throne”. Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh assessed that the tourism demand stimulus for the holidays of April 30 and May 1-5 will be “leverage” to regain the growth momentum for the tourism industry in the year. now on. “Psychology of tourists wanting to travel again is clear. The units need to step up their stimulus program, improve service quality, increase product experience to attract more customers, get growth momentum for summer tourism and the rest of the year ”, Mr. Vu The Binh said. Tourism activities across the country in general and Hanoi capital in particular are showing the bustle and excitement again with many promotional activities and events attracting tourists. Notably, the festival of tourism and culinary culture in Hanoi 2021 takes place from April 16 to 18; Opening ceremony of the National Tourism Year 2021 on April 20 in Ninh Binh province; Vietnam International Tourism Fair – VITM Hanoi 2021 took place in May … In order to maintain the stability of the domestic tourism market after the stimulus phase, proceed to prepare conditions to welcome international visitors, according to the Director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang, in addition to strengthening the promotion stage, To build new products, tourism agencies need to pay attention to retraining tourism human resources, attracting back the workforce that has quit their jobs due to the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic. And the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung noted that localities and tourism business units need to give prominence to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in operations, in compliance with regulations on prevention and combat. according to the recommendations and requests of the Ministry of Health as well as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. “Tourism is the industry most clearly affected by the Covid-19 influence. Just appear cases in the community, tourism activities are stopped immediately, so the request for epidemic prevention and control must be of primary concern ”, emphasized Minister Nguyen Van Hung.