Quang Ninh strives to expand service sector

The service industry in the northeastern border province is estimated to grow by 14.2 percent this year thanks to the locality’s concrete actions to boost its tourism services.
Quang Ninh strives to expand service sector ảnh 1Illustrative image. (Source: VNA)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – The service industry in the northeastern border province isestimated to grow by 14.2 percent this year thanks to the locality’s concreteactions to boost its tourism services.

The sectoraccounts for 42.9 percent of Quang Ninh’s economy this year, compared to 41.2percent of 2017. Its contribution to the State budget increases 16 percent yearon year.

The provinceaims to raise the percentage of the service sector to 48 – 49 percent of thelocal economy, with an annual expansion rate of 13 – 14 percent by 2020.

To this end,local authorities have taken steps to enhance tourism service management in abid improve its quality and competitiveness; while drastically promoting itsbrands.

From 2016 –2017, Quang Ninh welcomed a total of more than 18.2 million tourist arrivals,including 7.8 million foreign visitors, marking an annual average increase of  12.7 percent with a revenue of over 31.18trillion VND (1.34 billion USD).

This year alone,the province strives to receive about 12.2 million tourist arrivals to earn anestimated 22.8 trillion VND (976.4 million USD).

Over the past twoyears, the province has focused on developing local transport infrastructure witha number of key projects to better serve visitors, including the Van DonInternational Airport, the expressway connecting Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ha Long andVan Don, and port terminals from which tourists take tours around itsmagnificent Ha Long Bay and other popular destinations.

The provincehas also invested in developing logistic services and improving facilities forlocal customs and quarantine authorities in an attempt to develop foreigntrade in a professional manner and reduce border trade through non-officialchannels.

Furthermore, ithas adopted various incentives to attract big investors like VinGroup, SunGroup, FLC Group, BIM Group and Tuan Chau who have developed a number ofhigh-class resort, shopping and entertainment complexes in Ha Long, Cam Pha,Uong Bi, Van Don, Co To and Mong Cai.

Vietnam’s largest privatefirm VinGroup has poured money into the Vincom Ha Long – a modern shoppingand entertainment centre in Ha Long city on the shore of the World Heritagesite Ha Long Bay, the five-star tourism-resort complex of Vinpearl Ha Long BayResort and the Vincom Shophouse Complex in Mong Cai.

The Sun Group, anothermajor developer in Vietnam, marked its presence in the city with the Van Donservice complex, the beach amusement complex Ha Long Ocean Park, and thebeachfront resort complex Sun Premier Village Ha Long Bay.

In particular, thegroup’s Sun World Ha Long Complex is the biggest tourism property project in HaLong, with a total investment of 7.794 trillion VND (333.45 million USD).

The FLC group invested3.4 trillion VND (145.55 million USD) in the FLC Ha Long, a complex of golfcourse, villas, condo hotels and conference facilities, which spreads over 224ha of land. It is also carrying out a project building a 50-storey twin-towercomplex in the centre of Ha Long city. –VNA
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