Tourism development in the coming time must focus on improving quality of products to obtain sustainable development and high competitiveness.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Van Ai made
the statement at a workshop in Hanoi on August 29.
He said Vietnam’s tourism has seen strong growth in recent years
with the reception of 10 million international tourists and over 62 million
domestic holiday makers in 2016. The total revenue was estimated at over VND400
trillion (US$17.6 billion).
In 2017, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has set the target of
attracting 13 million -15 million foreign visitors and posting year-on-year
growth of 30-50%, he said.
This is an ambitious goal, which requires
maximum efforts of all sectors and people to turn the tourism sector into a
spearhead economy.
Head of the Vietnam National Administration
of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan said Vietnam served over 8.47 million overseas
holidaymakers in the first eight months of 2017.
According to the evaluation of the World
Economic Forum for 2015-2017, Vietnam’s tourism competitive edge increased
eight places to rank 67 out of the 136 global economies.
The
country is moving to build itself as a safe and environmentally-friendly
destination to lure more visitors both at home and abroad in the future.
Source: VNA
Currently, the tourism products of Yen Thuy district are mainly the festival and spiritual tourism. In addition to ensuring a civilized lifestyle in the religious activities, the party committees and the local authorities at all levels always focus on preserving the value of historical, cultural relics and festivals associated with exploiting tourism strengths.
The picturesque scenery of Hoa Binh Lake has endowed its tourism site with a unique allure. In recent years, localities have been harnessing the potential of the lake area and domestic and international tourists have chosen the site for sightseeing and leisure journeys.
The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
On April 5th, in Hoa Binh city, the Tourism Association of Hoa Binh province and Tourism Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province jointly organized a conference to promote cooperation and tourism development. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.