It has pursued an ambitious plan to make Mui Ne a national tourism
site, Phu Quy island a national destination, and Phan Thiet city an
urban tourism area.
Ngo Minh Chinh, Director of the provincial Department of Sports and
Tourism, said the province is blessed with 200km coastline and
favourable conditions for tourism development and has effectively tapped
the advantages for sea sports and festivals.
As of January 2017, the province had 388 investment projects in tourism
with a total investment of over 54.07 trillion VND. Of the total, 23
projects are foreign-invested.
Infrastructure and services for tourism have been rapidly developed in
both quantity and quality with 417 accommodations with 13,120 rooms and
300 houses and villas for hosting tourists.
Binh Thuan has become a national tourism centre with diverse tourism
products, he said, adding that tourism has significantly contributed to
the province’s economic growth, helping create jobs for thousands of
locals, especially those in rural areas, and contributing to preserving
and promoting its historical, cultural values and natural resources.
It is striving to turn the industry a major economic sector with
synchronous infrastructure system. The sector expects to attract seven
million visitors with a growth of 12-14 percent each year, including
10-12 percent growth each year in domestic tourists, and 10 percent
contribution to the province’s gross regional domestic products.
To this end, it will focus on 10 measures, including increasing
communications on tourism, adjusting and building tourism growth
planning and further fostering regional connectivity.
It will speed up cooperation programmes with Ho Chi Minh City and the
Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to promote the “Saigon market-Da
Lat flower and Mui Ne beach” tourism product, while improving the
infrastructure system, diversifying tourism products and bettering
service quality, said Chinh.
He also stressed the need to step up the administrative reform and
develop human resources for tourism and strengthen State management over
environment protection.
In 2016, Binh Thuan welcomed 4.5 million visitors, a rise of 8.8 percent
over the same period in 2015, including 530,800 foreign arrivals, up
11.2 percent year on year. The sector earned 9.04 trillion VND in the
year, a surge of 18.4 percent over 2015.
In 2017, Binh Thuan aims to serve 5 million visitors.
Beautiful Vietnam
Binh Thuan aims to become national sea tourism-sports centre
The People’s Committee of the southern central coastal
province of Binh Thuan has issued a plan to boost tourism through 2020,
aiming to make tourism a spearhead sector of the province and turning
the locality into a national sea tourism-sports centre.
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