Reopening of borders gives hope to devastated tourism industry

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Vung Tau beach town is flooded with holidaygoers on April 30, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Dang Khoa

 

Covid-19 decimated tourism this year, but there is light at the end of the tunnel as Vietnam recently reopened to foreign tourists after an 18-month lockdown.

 

Vietnamese airlines and travel firms started to recover in late 2020 thanks to stringent quarantine and good pandemic control measures, but the resurgence of the third coronavirus wave triggered by the fast-spreading U.K. variant in late January crushed the peak Tet holiday travel season.

 

Many localities canceled crowded spring festivals, scrapped fireworks shows and suspended sports and entertainment activities while tourism hotspots shut down, forcing many people to cancel travel plans.

 

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