(VOVWORLD) - The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on Thursday welcomed the first international tourists with vaccine passports after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 Illustrative image (Photo: Bamboo Airways) |
The visitors who are Americans and Canadians of Vietnamese origin took a flight of Bamboo Airways from South Korea.
Khanh Hoa, home to famous beach towns Nha Trang and Cam Ranh, is one of the five localities including Kien Giang, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, and Da Nang, selected to roll out the pilot “vaccine passport” program.
The program is divided into three phases, starting from this month.
In the first phase, designated places and tourism facilities in the 5 localities can receive foreigners booking package tours.
In the second phase that takes effect from January next year, the scale of the pilot plan will be expanded by connecting destinations through regular charter and international commercial flights.
Vietnam’s tourism market will fully open to international tourists in the last phase, the starting time of which will be based on the pandemic situation and the evaluation of the two previous phases.