The stimulus package not only focuses on tourism projects but also includes improvements to infrastructure at tourist attractions.

Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 546,000 international visitors in October this year, lifting the total number of foreign arrivals to the city in the last 10 months to 2.65 million, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Community-run homestays and tourism attractions in Thailand are now at a standstill due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Vietnam has promptly seized every opportunity to promote tourism as the country is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year 2017, said an official.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has eight tourism sites, particularly ecotourism and spiritual and cultural tourism.

Kaohsiung and Pingtung, two Taiwanese cities, held a conference in HCM City on December 9 to promote tourism.