Tourists back in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay as domestic travel opens | Malay Mail

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HA LONG, May 17 — Vietnamese flocked to scenic spots and beaches yesterday, leaping at the chance to travel as the communist government eases restrictions on domestic movement to revive a tourism sector devastated by the coronavirus. Hundreds waited to get on tourist boats to visit the famed...

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Hundreds waited to get on tourist boats to visit the famed karsts of the Unesco heritage site of Ha Long Bay with few following social distancing norms. “This is my first time to Ha Long after Covid. I came here because there is so much beautiful scenery... and the Covid pandemic is gone so I feel safe,” said Duong Quang Hieu, 21, from the mountainous northern province of Tuyen Quang.

Doors remain closed to foreign travellers, but authorities are turning to the domestic market of millions wearied by long weeks of self-isolation and travel bans to get the tourist economy moving again.

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