Binh Thuan strives to become safe, friendly, quality destination

The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan, which hosts the Visit Vietnam Year 2023, is implementing a project on ensuring security and safety in tourism activities, with an aim to make the south-central province a safe, friendly and quality destination.
Binh Thuan strives to become safe, friendly, quality destination ảnh 1Mui Ne - a tourist attraction in Binh Thuan. (Photo: VNA)
Binh Thuan (VNA) – The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan, which hoststhe Visit Vietnam Year 2023, is implementing a project on ensuring security andsafety in tourism activities, with an aim to make the south-central province asafe, friendly and quality destination.

Accordingly, Binh Thuan is striving to improve theefficiency of state management of security and order in the tourism sector,strengthen the close coordination between departments, sectors and localitiesto well implement the task of safeguarding national security, social safety andorder in association with tourism development during the Visit Vietnam Year2023 themed "Binh Thuan - Green Convergence".

The province is promoting its sound implementation ofguidelines and policies on the management of accommodation, travel and othertourism activities; ensure political, economic and internal security of tourismbusiness units, organisations, and agencies; and ensure security and safety fornational and international traditional and non-traditional events and festivals.

The provincial People's Committee has requested the Departmentof Public Security to coordinate with relevant departments, sectors andlocalities in the State management of security and order in the tourism field;fight against and prevent crimes that take advantage of tourism to infringeupon national security and harming social order and safety; and strengthen the management over cyber security, entry, exit and transit activities, andactivities of foreigners in the locality.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is tasked to guideand support tourism businesses to participate in promotion activities throughvarious forms in accordance with current trends; and maintain dissemination of destinations on Binh Thuan’s tourism website, social networking sites and provincialTourism Portal.

Binh Thuan strives to become safe, friendly, quality destination ảnh 2(Photo: VNA)
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism,Visit Vietnam Year is a both a national and international cultural, economic,social, and tourist event. It is also the biggest annual tourism event inVietnam, offering opportunities to attract domestic and international touriststhrough the promotion of images, tangible and intangible cultural values,natural resources, as well as the development of linkages between localities.

The Visit Vietnam Year 2023 includes more than 200 eventsand activities.

With 192km of coastline, Binh Thuan province is home toislands, islets, coves, bays, and white sand beaches with clear blue water,which form famous tourist attractions. The province has many tourism resourceswith many historical-cultural relics and traditional festivals. Currently, it has nearly 900 accommodation establishments with over 17,000 rooms,including 45 hotels and resorts from three to five stars with nearly 5,000rooms. The province has 13 travel agencies, including eight internationaltravel agencies.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2019, Binh Thuan welcomedover 6.4 million visitors who spent 15.2 trillion VND (646.8million USD). The province's tourism contribution to the GRDP accounted for10-12%.

In 2022, the province welcomed over 5 million visitors with a revenue of 12.8 trillion VND. It aims to attract about 6.5million visitors, including more than 200,000 foreigners, this year.

According to a report by the provincial Department of Culture, Sportsand Tourism, Binh Thuan estimates to welcome 4.5 million tourists in the firsthalf of this year, up 86% year-on-year. Of the total, there are more than135,000 foreigners, a 4.4-fold increase compared to that of the same periodlast year. Revenue from tourism is estimated at 11.3 trillion VND, a 1.5-foldrise against the same period last year./.
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