An overview of Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces have manyadvantages to develop tourism as they are blessed with beautiful naturallandscapes and numerous historical and cultural relic sites.
The provinces are home to three world heritage sites recognised by UNESCO,namely Ha Long Bay in the northwestern province of Quang Ninh, Trang An TourismComplex in the northern province of Ninh Binh, and Ho Dynasty Citadel in the north-centralprovince of Thanh Hoa.
The three localities have transport systems connecting roads, railways and airroutes. Tourism infrastructure is relatively good, while large-scale and modernaccommodation facilities are available.
With their separate strengths and tourism markets, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh andThanh Hoa provinces boast ideal conditions to link up to develop various kindsof tourism such as heritage tourism, sea-island resort tourism, culturaltourism, eco-tourism, meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE)tourism, and adventure sports tourism.
They have a favourable geographical position to form a tourism connectionregion – an important link in national tourism programmes.
The tourism industry of the three provinces has optimised natural resources andgeographical advantages to develop tourism.
Hoang Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of the Ninh Binh provincial TourismDepartment, suggested paying more attention to promoting tourism so as to tapthe potential of the three provinces.
Local authorities should help travel companies create connection tours, headded.
At a conference on tourism in Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa in May,participants recommended measures to boost trilateral tourism cooperation.
They suggested creating joint tourism products of the three localities andimproving the quality of human resources.
Travel companies play a crucial role in the trilateral tourism cooperation, partipantssaid, adding that it is necessary to define the typical tourism products ofeach locality and build a brand for the three localities’ tourism as onedestination.
Vu Thi Thu Thuy, Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee, said thethree provinces are home to world heritage sites recognised by UNESCO. However,due to a lack of connection, the development of tourism in the three localitiesremains limited.
She suggested tourism firms of the three provinces strengthen coordination tocreate high-quality products and services.
At the conference, leading officials from the three provinces and theirdepartments of tourism, culture and sports signed deals on tourism development.
Nine businesses from Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, and Thanh Hoa also struck agreements.
Quang Ninh is endowed with natural advantages for sea and island tourism. It ishome to Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay, Ha Long Bay National Park and someislands, the best known of which are Co To and Van Don.
In particular, Ha Long Bay has been twice recognised as a UNESCO World NaturalHeritage site in 1994 and 2000, drawing large crowds of visitors to Quang Ninh.
The bay spans 1,553 square kilometres andincludes 1,969 islands of various sizes. It features thousands oflimestone karsts and islets in various shapes and sizes.
Meanwhile, Ninh Binh hosts spectacular karst mountains andrivers. Its Tam Coc is considered the most beautiful site with mountains, cavesand cliffs sprouting along the gentle Ngo Dong River.
Trang An Tourism Complex in Ninh Binh was officially recognised as a mixedcultural and natural heritage by UNESCO in 2014 thanks to its outstandinglynatural and cultural values.
With a coastline of 102km, Thanh Hoa has many beautiful beaches such as SamSon, Hai Tien and Hai Hoa.
It is also a land of great history and culture. The Ho DynastyCitadel in the province was recognised as a world cultural heritage site in2013./.
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