The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long is developing standout tourism products to lure more visitors, said Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Thanh Tuan.
A typical orchard in Vinh Long province
(Photo: tour.dulichvietnam.com.vn)
Boasting strength in eco-tourism with a vast area of orchards, the province is
working to develop local homestay services by encouraging homestay owners to
invest heavily in the facility, and equipping local residents with necessary
tourism skills so that they can provide the visitors with better services.
According to Tuan, the province is now housing 26 standardised homestays, with
two meeting ASEAN homestay standards. They are expected to popularise the
unique feature of the locality to both domestic and foreign visitors.
In addition, historical tourism has recently got noticed as the province has 11
national historical relic sites and nearly 50 sites at provincial level. The
tourism sector will combine historical tourism tours with the introduction of
the traditional culture and art of the ethnic minority groups in the southern
region.
Calling for investments from businesses to build tourism infrastructure,
organising famtrips and studying community-based tourism products in other
provinces are parts of the province’s plan to make it become more attractive to
visitors.
According to the department, last year, the province welcomed 1.3 million
tourist arrivals and earned 340 billion VND (14.65 million USD) from tourism
service, up 8 percent and 8.9 percent year on year, respectively.
This year, the province targeted 1.4 million visitors, including 212,000
foreigners, and 350 billion VND (15.08 million USD) in tourism revenue.
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.