Adventure tours have become more popular among locals in Đà Lạt City. Photo dulich.tuoitre.vn

ĐÀ LẠT CITY — Adventure tours with small numbers of people have been trending recently in Đà Lạt City in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, visitors to Đà Lạt are skipping crowded, popular tourism spots.

This is the perfect time for local travel agencies to launch tours that involve overnight camping in pine forests, kayaking, and zip-line swinging, among other adventure activities.

Most of the sightseeing and camping tours often start at 3pm daily and end the next morning, with prices ranging from VNĐ400,000 (US$18) to VNĐ450,000 ($20) per person. 

Tourists are offered a discount of 10 to 40 per cent if they pursue more active activities. The discount aims to encourage groups of fewer than 15 people for adventure tours, which formerly were mostly embraced by foreigners.

According to Lâm Đồng Province People’s Committee, the number of visitors to Đà Lạt as of mid-May was 160,000, down more than 70 per cent year-on-year.

Of the total, the number of foreign visitors was 1,800, down 95.7 per cent year-on-year, while domestic visitors totalled 158,200, down more than 68 per cent compared to 2019.

Đà Lạt, however, has witnessed a growing number of visitors in recent weekends. It is expected that by September, the number of tourists to Đà Lạt will reach 70 per cent of the same period in 2019.

The Lâm Đồng Tourism Association plans to organise more night activities for visitors in an effort to lower the density of visitors during the day. The new plan will ensure safety during COVID-19 and increase tourism revenue for the province. — VNS