Up to around 23,000 people in the central city of Danang's tourism sector have been temporarily laid off due to SARS-CoV-2.
According to the Danang Tourism Association, these are among the 35,000 people from 800 local travel firms.
Since the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, the number of foreign visitors, particularly those from China, South Korea and ASEAN markets to Danang have drastically dropped.
The Danang Department of Tourism reported that Danang's tourism sector have faced losses of more than VND700 billion (USD30.43 million) so far this year because of SARS-CoV-2.
Ho Nguyen Phuong Chi, chairman of Danang Hotel Association, said travel firms need to take advantage of this time to provide training courses for their staff.
The association will co-operate with the municipal Department of Tourism and the Federation of Labour to organise two intensive training courses for hotels in the city in March.
Many other localities such as Nha Trang and Hanoi have also been severely hit by SARS-CoV-2.
The Vietnamese tourism sector could face USD7.7 billion in losses over the next three months due to SARS-CoV-2, said Ngo Hoai Chung, deputy head of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
