Tourists at the Mau Son national tourist site (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister has approved taskson making a master plan for the Mau Son national tourist site in the northernborder province of Lang Son towards 2040.
Objectives of the plan include turning the site into aresort and entertainment centre with unique cultural, spiritual, and ecologytourism products of the northern midland region and the whole nation.
Trade, service, culture, sports and accommodation functions ofthe site will be developed, along with social and technical infrastructuresystem serving tourism activities, scientific research, meeting requirements intourism development, security-defence, border residential stability, andcreating jobs for local labourers.
The plan also aims to preserve and promote the values ofnatural landscapes, cultural identity and spiritual characteristics of the site,while serving as a foundation for the management of construction anddevelopment of the Mau Son national tourist site.
The scale of the plan will cover Cong Son and Mau Soncommunes of Cao Loc district, Mau Son commune of Loc Binh district, and a partof Bang Khanh, Xuan Man, Dong Buc, Huu Khanh and Yen Khoai communes of Loc Binhdistrict. Total area of the plan is about 14,964ha.
It is forecast that the population of the site is about12,000-15,000 in 2030 and about 30,000 in 2040. In 2030, the site is expectedto welcome about 1 million visitors per year, and the figure is hoped to riseto about 2 million in 2040.-VNA
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