A beach in the south central province of Binh Thuan (Photo: VNA) Of the total, the number of foreign visitors was 133,000, afive-fold increase compared to that of the same period last year. Revenue fromtourism activities reached 11.34 trillion VND (480.4 million USD), up 2.5 times.
The host of the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 is making efforts tofulfil its targets of serving 6.7 million tourists, including 220,000foreigners, and earning 15.9 trillion VND from tourism services this year.
To that end, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Minh requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourismto speed up promotion activities in various forms and on different channels todevelop new tourism markets.
He asked the People’s Committees of districts and cities to step up the dissemination of information about the province’s tourism environment, and intensify management to ensure securityand order and environmental sanitation.
Attention should be paid to attracting strategic andcompetent investors to create new and attractive products.
Binh Thuan is implementing a project on ensuring securityand safety in tourism activities, with the aim of making the south-centralprovince a safe, friendly and quality destination.
Accordingly, Binh Thuan is striving to improve theefficiency of state management of security and order in the tourism sector,strengthen the close coordination between departments, sectors and localitiesto well implement the task of safeguarding national security, social safety andorder in association with tourism development during the Visit Vietnam Year2023 themed "Binh Thuan - Green Convergence".
With 192km of coastline, Binh Thuan province is home toislands, islets, coves, bays, and white sand beaches with clear blue water,which form famous tourist attractions. The province has many tourism resourceswith many historical-cultural relics and traditional festivals. Currently, ithas nearly 900 accommodation establishments with over 17,000 rooms, including45 hotels and resorts from three to five stars with nearly 5,000 rooms. Theprovince has 13 travel agencies, including eight international travel agencies.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2019, Binh Thuan welcomedover 6.4 million visitors who spent 15.2 trillion VND (646.8 million USD). Theprovince's tourism contribution to the GRDP accounted for 10-12%.
In 2022, the province welcomed over 5 million visitors witha revenue of 12.8 trillion VND. It aims to attract about 6.5 million visitors,including more than 200,000 foreigners, this year./.
VNA
