The frequency of international flights and cruise ships bound for Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam is set to increase this winter despite the country entering the low travel season.

China Southern Airlines has resumed air services linking the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and Khanh Hoa’s Cam Ranh City, with three weekly flights departing on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, according to a leader of Cam Ranh International Airport, situated in the namesake city.

Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways also began operating three weekly flights between Taiwan’s Taipei and Cam Ranh from September 20 this year.

Vietravel Airlines, another Vietnamese carrier, is providing services on 14 charter flights bound for Cam Ranh from South Korea’s Muan International Airport till the end of next month.

The number of charter flights carrying Chinese visitors to Khanh Hoa will also inch up gradually from next month.

Bui Quoc Dai, deputy managing director of Anex Vietnam Trade and Travel Company, which offers inbound services to international visitors, said that the volume of tourists from Kazakhstan and other countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States is anticipated to rise this winter.

In December this year, Anex will raise the number of weekly flights from Kazakhstan to 5-6, Dai added.

The coastal Vietnamese province will serve a growing number of international guests arriving by air and sea.

On Tuesday this week, the Bahamas-flagged passenger cruise ship Resorts World One transported 1,500 international guests to Nha Trang City, a popular beach destination located in Khanh Hoa.

This is the 14th cruise vessel to visit Khanh Hoa in 2023, bringing the total number of cruise visitors to the province to more than 19,140, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The central coastal province will welcome three more international cruise ships this month, the department revealed.

Late last month, the provincial administration worked with local budget carrier Vietjet, suggesting that carrier study the launch of direct air links between Cam Ranh and Japan, Australia, and India in the final quarter of 2023 and early next year, said Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, director of the provincial Department of Tourism.

The department also coordinated with the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Tourism Association and local travel businesses to organize famtrips to localities in the province as well as other destinations in the country, Thanh added.

China Southern Airlines has resumed air services linking the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and Khanh Hoa’s Cam Ranh City. Photo: Cam Ranh International Airport

An international cruise ship carries passengers to visit Nha Trang City, a popular beach destination located in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, October 3, 2023. Photo: Vuong Manh Cuong / Tuoi Tre

International cruise visitors pose for a group photo during a tour to the countryside. Photo: Thanh Chuong / Tuoi Tre

The volume of tourists to Khanh Hoa from Kazakhstan and other countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States is anticipated to rise this winter. Photo: Minh Chien / Tuoi Tre

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