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Kien Giang invites investment in key tourism regions

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is appealing for investment in key tourism regions including Ha Tien-Kien Luong, Rach Gia-Kien Hai and U Minh Thuong, which link Phu Quoc Island and the Mekong Delta.
Kien Giang invites investment in key tourism regions ảnh 1A resort in Phu Quoc Island (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Deltaprovince of Kien Giang is appealing for investment in key tourism regions includingHa Tien-Kien Luong, Rach Gia-Kien Hai and U Minh Thuong, which link Phu Quoc Islandand the Mekong Delta.

The locality is also focusing on building anddeveloping a system of unique and high-quality tourism products and services encompassingeco-tourism, sea and island tourism, and cultural tourism.

Local authorities have called on businesses tocooperate in training human resources to realise the goal of having 20,000-25,000tourism workers by 2020.

The province is studying the development ofinternational tours by coordinating with airlines to promote the launch ofdirect and charter flights for tourists. It also continues to operate a searoute between Phu Quoc and Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia as well as a cross-borderland route connecting the southernmost province of Ca Mau with Cambodia andsouthern Thailand.

The local tourism sector will focus ontraditional markets such as China, the Republic of Korea, Japan and theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as potential marketssending tourists with high spending and long stay like Australia, West Europeand North America.

According to the provincial Department ofTourism, in the first nine months of 2019, Kien Giang welcomed over 6.8 milliontourists, a year-on-year rise of 12.5 percent.

It grossed over 6.28 trillion VND (266.6 millionUSD), up 35 percent against the same period last year.

Many destinations in the province has beeninternationally honoured including Phu Quoc, which was listed among the topfive destinations to visit in autumn in Asia 2018 by CNN./.
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