A view of Mui Ne beach in Binh Thuan (Photo: VNA) Binh Thuan (VNA) – The Tourism Association of BinhThuan aims to lure 6.3 million visitors to the south-central province in 2019,including 750,000 foreigners, as well as promoting its image as a friendly andsafe tourist destination.
To that end, the association will coordinate with theprovincial centre for tourism information promotion to build an advertisementstrategy to introduce the local tourism sector abroad, while developing the typicaltourism products of Binh Thuan.
Addressing a conference of the association on March 7, itschairman, Nguyen Van Khoa, said that it will work with the local government toseek measures to clean up the environment and prevent debris along beaches.
Initially, the association will call on its members to clearbeaches and increase the consumption of natural and environmentally-friendlyproducts rather than plastics, he said.
Participants at the conference held that over the past few years,Binh Thuan has paid due attention to promoting Mui Ne and a lack of effort inpopularising other tourist areas such as Long Son, Suoi Nuoc, and Nam PhanThiet.
They proposed changes in promotion programmes with more connectedproducts to create a more balanced tourism sector for the province.
Local travel firms also pointed out the need to upgradetourism infrastructure, including the building of Phan Thiet airport. Theycalled for the Phan Thiet city People’s Committee to apply stricter regulationsin order to prevent waste in beaches.
In 2018, Binh Thuan, with its resort capital of Mui Ne,attracted over 5.75 million visitors, up 12 percent over 2017; which included 675,000foreigners, a rise of 14 percent year-on-year. The province earned over 12.8 trillionVND from tourism in the year, an increase of 18.8 percent over 2017.
Last year, the province granted investment licences to ninenew tourism projects, raising the total number of such projects to 390 with thecombined investment of over 60 trillion VND. Currently, 184 projects are operational.–VNA
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