Vietnam’s tourism sector is likely to fulfill the target set by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of welcoming 13 million international visitors in 2017.
Vietnam served more than 8.47 million
foreign tourists in the first eight months of this year and grossed VND 335.8
trillion (USD 14.7 billion) in revenue, year-on-year increases of 29.7 percent
and 26.7 percent, respectively.
Cat Ba Island in Northern port city of Hai Phong. (Photo for
illustration)
Director of the Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan said while the number of
international visitors to other countries in July and August declined such as
the Republic of Korea (down 40 percent), Thailand (down 9.5 percent), Malaysia
(down 7.5 percent), and the Philippines (down 38 percent), Vietnam attracted
over 1.2 million foreigners, a monthly increase of 18.5 percent.
Vietnam ranks 67th among 136 economies in
the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2017, up eight places compared
to the same period in 2015.
Tuan, however, admitted that there are
still challenges to ensuring sustainable tourism development, including low
infrastructure quality, inadequate Government spending on tourism, diminishing
natural resources and diseases.
He suggested tapping natural resources to
build sea-island, ecological, and cultural tourism products and services.
The world’s largest tourism website
TripAdvisor announced a list of ten most attractive spots in Vietnam voted by
tourists. Notably, the Central province of Quang Binh climbed to fourth in the
list, behind Hoi An, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City only.
According to TripAdvisor, Quang Binh was
described as a heaven for exploration and experiences with various tourism
destinations and routes such as Son Doong cave, Tu Lan cave system, Da Nhay
beach and Phong Nha- Ke Bang cave, among others.
Source: PANO
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.