Number of tourists to Binh Thuan surges in H1

Binh Thuan (VNA) – The south central province of Binh Thuan has welcomed 4.46 million tourist arrivals in the first six months of this year, up 86% year-on-year, according to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Lan Ngoc.

Of the total, the number of foreign visitors was 133,000, a five-fold increase compared to that of the same period last year. Revenue from tourism 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 to fulfil its targets of serving 6.7 million tourists, including 220,000 foreigners, and earning 15.9 trillion VND from tourism services this year.

To that end, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Minh requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to speed up promotion activities in various forms and on different channels to develop 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 security and order and environmental sanitation.

Attention should be paid to attracting strategic and competent investors to create new and attractive products.

Binh Thuan is implementing a project on ensuring security and safety in tourism activities, with the aim of making the south-central province a safe, friendly and quality destination.

Accordingly, Binh Thuan is striving to improve the efficiency of state management of security and order in the tourism sector, strengthen the close coordination between departments, sectors and localities to well implement the task of safeguarding national security, social safety and order in association with tourism development during the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 themed "Binh Thuan - Green Convergence".

With 192km of coastline, Binh Thuan province is home to islands, islets, coves, bays, and white sand beaches with clear blue water, which form famous tourist attractions. The province has many tourism resources with many historical-cultural relics and traditional festivals. Currently, it has nearly 900 accommodation establishments with over 17,000 rooms, including 45 hotels and resorts from three to five stars with nearly 5,000 rooms. The province has 13 travel agencies, including eight international travel agencies.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2019, Binh Thuan welcomed over 6.4 million visitors who spent 15.2 trillion VND (646.8 million USD). The province's tourism contribution to the GRDP accounted for 10-12%.

In 2022, the province welcomed over 5 million visitors with a revenue of 12.8 trillion VND. It aims to attract about 6.5 million visitors, including more than 200,000 foreigners, this year./.