Quang Ninh targets to become an international tourism hub and a world leading destination by 2050 (Photo: VietnamPlus) Quang Ninh (VNA) – QuangNinh aims to become an international tourism hub and a world leadingdestination by 2050 through establishing the brand of Ha Long Bay - Bai Tu Long Bay as a landscape paradise and harmonising the development of economic-social-environmentalecosystems, along with raising the quality of life of local residents to meet internationalstandards.
Those are among important targets of the province's tourism development scheme to 2030 with a visionto 2050, which is being finalised by the provincial People's Committee.
Under the project, from nowuntil 2030, Quang Ninh will continue to strengthen its role as a national tourism locomotivewith tourism turned into a spearhead economic sector in connection with sustainabledevelopment of marine economy towards green growth. The province will strive to attract tourists all yearround and become a destination not to be missed in Vietnam.
The province will focus on diversifying tourism products, expanding tourist market, promoting cooperationin tourism development, improving local capacity in state management and implementation of tourismdevelopment policies. Priority will be given to the development of high-qualitytourism human resources and digital transformation in the field.
Quang Ninh will consistently follow the policy of sustainable and inclusive tourism development on thefoundation of green growth. The province aims to develop tourism in aprofessional, quality and sustainable manner, and link tourism developmentwith preserving and promoting national cultural values and identities. The province also envisions unique tourism products with high added-value in different types of tourism and the formation of national tourism sites.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) This year, Quang Ninh expects to welcome 17 million visitors, including three million foreigners. To this end, it is rolling out such solutions as attracting tourists from Northeast Asia and China, Europe, the US,and developing new markets such as India, Middle East, Russia and Australia through promotion activities.
The province willhost 186 cultural and sporting events in 2024 to stimulate tourism, among them are manytraditional events that have become trademarks of Quang Ninh such as Hạ LongSummer Tourism Week 2024, Bach Dang Traditional Festival, Quang Ninh EthnicCulture Day, a culinary festival, a three-region circus gala, the OCOP summer2024 fair, a national festival for music, the Quang Ninh Open golf tournamentand the Ha Long Heritage Marathon. It also plans to offer 62 more new tourism products in 2024./.
