Can Tho targets 1.3 million visitors in 2014
The People’s Committee of the
Mekong Delta city of Can Tho set a target of drawing 1.3 million
tourists, including 300,000 foreign arrivals, in 2014, raising the
number of holidaymakers by 4 percent against 2013.
According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture,
Sports and Tourism Dang Thai Hoa, the city also hopes to earn 1.1
trillion VND (52.4 million USD) from the sector this year, a
year-on-year increase of 13.4 percent.
To realise the goals,
the locality plans to promote its tourism potential and diversify
tourism products to well meet the increasing demand of tourists by
opening new eco-tourism tours in Can Tho and from the city to other
provinces inside and outside the region.
The city will work
with An Giang and Kien Giang provinces to form a tourism triangle while
developing tours of rivers, the coast, islands and mountains in the
region.
The infrastructure network in 20 eco-tourism sites
in the locality, which cover an area of almost 300 ha, will be completed
soon, while issues related to the environment and safety on several
tourism routes will also be solved.
In addition, the
municipal authorities plan to mobilise capital from all economic sectors
to build accommodation facilities, develop destinations in islets in
Hau River and improve the quality of tourism services.
In 2013, Can Tho raked in 953 billion VND (45.4 million USD) from the sector./.