Received: 27-09-2022 / Accepted: 27-01-2023
Tourism has been identified as a key economic sector of Ninh Binh province. Tourism is also a service business sensitive to impact of the epidemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a huge impact on Ninh Binh’s tourism industry in recent years. The purpose of this article was to clarify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Ninh Binh tourism. The data was collected from 50 tourism service businesses, 200 tourism industry workers and 20 tourism managers in Hoa Lu and Gia Vien districts of Ninh Binh province. The survey results show that Covid-19 reduced 70-80% of visitors, thereby affecting negatively the revenue from tourism businesses. Many tourism workers lost their jobs or had to switch to other jobs. However, the number of accommodation establishments did not decrease but increase slightly. From the sesults, several solutions have been proposed from the research results to overcome negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.