Khanh Hoa strives to fully tap maritime tourism potential

Khanh Hoa strives to fully tap maritime tourism potential (Photo: thanhnien.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has taken a wide range of solutions to promote the development of cruise ship tourism – seen as potential and an advantage of the locality.  

According to Director of the provincial Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Khanh Hoa has become an attractive destination in the itinerary of international cruise ships.

Since March this year, the province has welcomed five cruise ships which carried nearly 4,000 passengers.

The strong rebound in number of high-spending cruise ship tourists from many countries around the world to the locality shows a positive sign, affirming the attraction of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa, Thanh said.

Ponagar tower in Khanh Hoa (Photo: VNA)

Tour operators for cruise ship visiting Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa often tours to popular destinations such as Long Son pagoda, Ponagar tower, Truong Son craft village; and those to explore Cai river and the countryside around Nha Trang. Travelers can also learn to cook local dishes.

Experts said cruise ship tourism in Khanh Hoa has not developed to a level matching the locality’s potential and existing advantages.

According to the Nha Trang Port JSC, Nha Trang is expecting to serve over 30 cruise ships in 2023, including many carrying 2,000 - 4,000 passengers each.

The local tourism sector has focused on developing new tourism products, building and upgrading infrastructure facilities, and improving the quality of tourism services as well as labour force serving tourism.

The province has proposed the Government to have mechanisms to attract investment to transport infrastructure development serving the tourism development in three key areas in Khanh Hoa, namely Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, and Van Phong.

The locality has paid attention to accelerating the administrative reform to make it easier for cruise ships to enter or leave international ports.

This year, the Khanh Hoa tourism sector targets to welcome about 4 million tourists, including 1.5 million international ones, and get a revenue of 21 trillion VND (885.5 million USD).

In the first two months of the year, the province welcomed more than 573,000 visitors, earning nearly 3.3 trillion VND, more than 3 times the amount the same period last year./.

VNA