A seminar was held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang onApril 22 to discuss measures to develop human resource for the tourismsector in the Mekong Delta region.
The event drewthe participation of 180 scientists, leaders of the Southwestern RegionSteering Committee and representatives from 13 localities and tourismbusinesses in the region.
Participants at theseminar agreed that human resources for the region’s tourism sectorremain weak in both quality and quantity. The 23,500 people employed bythe sector have yet to meet the requirements of serving Mekong Delta’s20 million visitors every year.
According to theInstitute for Tourism Development Research under the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism, the region will need 208,000 competenttourism workers by 2020.
Many attendees emphasisedthe need to enhance on-the-spot training, while encouraging theengagement of local residents in the tourism sector.
Besides, it is crucial to strengthen links between businesses andtourism training centres to rapidly overcome the shortfall in qualifiedpersonnel, they said.
Lying between Tien and HauRivers, the 18 million-strong Mekong Delta sees abundant potentialfor tourism development.
It is defined in theVietnam’s master plan on tourism development by 2020 as one of seventourism regions in the country, in connection with Greater MekongSubregion (GMS) tourism.
In 2012, the regionattracted more than 19.4 million visitors and earned about 4.3 trillionVND from tourism-related activities, an increase of 23.2 percent fromthe year before.
The famous travel website Lonely Planet listed the Mekong Delta as one of the best value destinations in the world last year.-VNA
The event drewthe participation of 180 scientists, leaders of the Southwestern RegionSteering Committee and representatives from 13 localities and tourismbusinesses in the region.
Participants at theseminar agreed that human resources for the region’s tourism sectorremain weak in both quality and quantity. The 23,500 people employed bythe sector have yet to meet the requirements of serving Mekong Delta’s20 million visitors every year.
According to theInstitute for Tourism Development Research under the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism, the region will need 208,000 competenttourism workers by 2020.
Many attendees emphasisedthe need to enhance on-the-spot training, while encouraging theengagement of local residents in the tourism sector.
Besides, it is crucial to strengthen links between businesses andtourism training centres to rapidly overcome the shortfall in qualifiedpersonnel, they said.
Lying between Tien and HauRivers, the 18 million-strong Mekong Delta sees abundant potentialfor tourism development.
It is defined in theVietnam’s master plan on tourism development by 2020 as one of seventourism regions in the country, in connection with Greater MekongSubregion (GMS) tourism.
In 2012, the regionattracted more than 19.4 million visitors and earned about 4.3 trillionVND from tourism-related activities, an increase of 23.2 percent fromthe year before.
The famous travel website Lonely Planet listed the Mekong Delta as one of the best value destinations in the world last year.-VNA
