The complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic has greatly affected the tourism industry of the whole country and Ninh Thuan province. In the general case, Ninh Thuan Tourism Promotion Information Center has focused on performing assigned tasks. The results of the first seven months of 2021 are as follows: Advise the Director of the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism to continue implementing the tasks stated in the Plan 584/KH-UBND dated February 4, 2021, of the Ninh Thuan Provincial People's Committee on implementing solutions to stimulate tourism demand in Ninh Thuan in 2021;  install signboards of tourist destinations; building tourist information boards; redesign of travel manuals, tourist maps, brochures of Ninh Thuan tourism; improve the quality of writing news and articles on the website; organize the contest and exhibition "Nin Thuan beautiful tourism photos" in 2021. According to the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism data, in the first six months of 2021, the total number of tourists reached 1,123,709 turns (reaching 152). 7% compared to the stock market, reaching 44.9% compared to the plan). International visitors reached 9,988 arches (reaching 62.4% over the same period, reaching 5% compared to the project); domestic visitors advanced 1,113,721 turns (running 154.7% compared to the plan, getting 48.4% compared to the program). Social income from tourism activities reached about 710 billion VND (reaching 189.3% compared to the stock market, reaching 47.3% compared to the plan). Due to the significant influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, many tourism promotions and promotion activities in the first seven months of 2021 have to be temporarily suspended. However, in the first months of the year, the Center also promptly implemented many plans and programs to stimulate demand, promote tourism, and promote tourism, such as developing plans to encourage and promote Ninh Thuan tourism in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City successfully organized a seminar on community tourism development associated with implementing the Ninh Thuan tourism stimulus program in 2021, surveying new tourist routes in the province to restore and promote vigorously developing tourism after the 4th outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Regarding the performance of tasks in the last months of 2021, Ninh Thuan Tourism Promotion Information Center continues to implement: Strengthening writing articles to promote Ninh Thuan tourism image on media channels; Summary of the contest and exhibition "Nin Thuan beautiful tourism photos" in 2021; Repair and add signboards to tourist areas and attractions; Participating in Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival; VITM Hanoi Fair 2021; Organize training and refresher courses for desks, chambers, and tour guides at sites; Conduct surveys on tours and tourist routes in the province; Promote the promotion and introduction of Ninh Thuan tourism through communication channels, newspapers and radio stations within and outside the region, Ninh Thuan Tourism Portal and Ninh Thuan tourism application on smartphones. Coordinate with Department of Sports and Tourism Management to implement tourism development tasks with objectives, charges, and solutions according to Option 2 of Option No. 2517/PA-UBND dated May 24, 2021, of Provincial People's Committee on the plan to grow tourism to become one of the four economic pillars of the province in 2021.

Pham Thanh Binh - Tourism Promotion Information Center.