According to the Ha Long Bay Management Board, before the pandemic, the annual ticket sales of Ha Long Bay reached around VND1.2 trillion (USD52.17 million), equal to VND5-6 billion per day.
Ha Long Bay
Last year, the bay’s ticket sales fell by VND1 trillion on-year to VND230 billon due to the small number of visitors and discounted tickets.
However, since the Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam, the sales have plunged. So far this year, the ticket sales of the bay were estimated at some VND7 billion (USD304,347). The majority of the figure came from the first months of the year.
The salaries for roughly 400 staff of the Ha Long Bay Management Board have been subsidised by the province.
The bay has welcomed visitors again, but it attracts around 100 visitors per day as the pandemic has remained complicated.
Many tourist boats in Ha Long have been left idle for a long time.