Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam
has set a target to climb at least two places in the World Economic Forum
(WEF)’s Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) by 2025.
Under a recently-issued resolution on tasks and measures to improve the business
climate and national competitive capacity, the Government expects to move up at
least five positions in the Prioritisation of Travel and Tourism index and three in the
Tourist Service Infrastructure index in 2024.
According to the Vietnam
National Authority of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism, to realise the set goals, the tourism sector should pay due attention to
preservation work, investment in air infrastructure, and stabilisation of
tourism service prices.
Besides, focus will be placed on improving the environmental sustainability,
tourist service infrastructure, health and hygiene indexes, while breakthroughs should
be made to the Prioritisation of Travel and Tourism index to better the sector’s
competitive edge and meet the development requirements of this spearhead economic sector.
The sector suggested the Government continue issuing policies to facilitate
tourism development, including the establishment of tourism promotion offices
in foreign countries, extension of unilateral visa exemption, and
simplification of immigration procedures.
A report from the WEF showed that Vietnam’s tourism climbed
eight places in the TTDI between 2019 and 2021, making it one of the three
biggest improvers in the world.
Vietnam experienced the greatest score improvement, rising by
4.7% to leap from 60th to 52nd on the overall index. Indonesia and Saudi Arabia
also had great improvements in the ranking, with an increase of 3.4% to the 32nd place
and 2.3% to the 33rd place, respectively, the report said.
The improved rankings resulted from its achievements in
COVID-19 prevention, measures of safe and flexible adaptation to the pandemic,
and continuous efforts to develop safe tourism./.
VNA