First international tourists welcomed in Quang Nam

The People’s Committee of the Central province of Quang Nam hosted a welcome ceremony on November 19 for the first international tourists visiting the province under the passport vaccine programme.

At the welcome ceremony
At the welcome ceremony

The tourists have come to Vietnam from the US, France, the UK, Germany, the Republic of Korea, etc., along with overseas Vietnamese on flight VN417 of Vietnam Airlines and flight VJ7969 of Vietjet Air, which both landed at Da Nang International Airport on November 17.

After arriving in Quang Nam, the 129 tourists on these two flights were sampled and all tested negative for COVID-19.

According to Director of the Quang Nam Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Thanh Hong, the first international tourist group under the vaccine passport programme has officially arrived in Quang Nam following nearly two years of suspending international commercial flights due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.

This is a good start for the Vietnamese Government’s policy of both safe epidemic prevention and control and effective economic development, especially for the tourism industry.

Vice Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Tan said that the province will create all favourable conditions to provide tourists with a comfortable and safe tours and experiences in the context of the epidemic.