Vietnam has a long and beautiful coastline and numerous islands of various sizes offshore that provide the potential to develop sea and island tourism. Many coastal localities have already focused on it as a key economic sector in order to increase revenue, create jobs, and see it become a driving force of development in other sectors such as investment, trade, culture, and society.
To meet the diverse needs of domestic and international visitors, Vietnam will focus on different types of tourism products, including developing more sea and island tourism, culture tourism, ecotourism, including community-based tourism, urban tourism, and MICE.
Boasting a coastline of 125 kilometres with stunning beaches such as Cua Dai, An Bang, Ha My and Tam Thanh, together with a wide range of small and large islands, the central province of Quang Nam has worked to capitalise on its resources for tourism development.
Southern localities have undertaken a series of measures to fully tap the potential of sea and island tourism, which attracts approximately 70% of international tourists to Vietnam.
In its tourism development strategy by 2030, Vietnam identified marine tourism as one of the four main groups of tourism products, but there remains much to be done to fully tap into marine tourism potential.
Sea and island tourism has long been a magnet, attracting over 70% of the total foreign tourists to Vietnam. However, the country has yet to fully tap its potential and advantages to develop this type of tourism in a better way.
The volume of international visitors coming to Vietnam by sea in March rose by over 2.8 times compared to the previous month, according statistics of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
With a coastline of more than 300km with beautiful sandy beaches and renowned Con Dao archipelago, the southeastern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has many strengths to develop a brand of sea and island tourism.
The central province of Quang Tri is striving to attract about 2.3 million visitors in 2020, up 13.6 percent year-on-year, including 188,000 foreigners.
The first Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Can Tho 2019, the largest of its kind in the Mekong Delta, is scheduled to take place in Can Tho from November 29 to December 1.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is appealing for investment in key tourism regions including Ha Tien-Kien Luong, Rach Gia-Kien Hai and U Minh Thuong, which link Phu Quoc Island and the Mekong Delta.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has evacuated around 4,000 tourists from outlying islands before the forecast arrival of Typhoon Mun on July 4.
As the largest sea port in Vietnam’s northern region, Hai Phong city boasts huge potential for maritime economic development, especially sea and island tourism.
An art performance will light up Nha Trang in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on December 31 to celebrate New Year’s Eve and announce the National Tourism Year 2019.
Co To island in the northern province of Quang Ninh has attracted many visitors due to its untouched beauty and perfect conditions for sea and island tourism.
Tapping huge potential of sea and island tourism coupled with preserving natural landscapes was discussed at an international conference jointly held by Ton Duc Thang University and the National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (China) on August 1.
The south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has advantageous nature and infrastructure to develop a marine economy as well as sea and island tourism.
The central coastal province of Binh Dinh is taking synchronous measures to promote its sea and island tourism with the target of attracting 5 million tourist arrivals by 2020.
