HCM City, Feb. 17 -- Authorities in the south central province of Khanh Hoa have stepped up efforts to promote new tourism markets to mitigate the fallout of the Covid-19 epidemic.

The province's tourism industry has largely depended on the Chinese market and the new coronavirus ( Covid-19 ) outbreak has hit it badly, said Deputy Director of the provincial Tourism Department Nguyen Thi Le Thanh.

It is important to restructure the market, she said.

According to a report by the provincial Department of Tourism, the epidemic has caused the province to lose all Chinese tourists.

Le Kim Nhut of the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association said the tourism industry has to resolve a serious crisis since many Russian and Korean tourists, bes...