Vinh Phuc works to lure tourists

The northern province of Vinh Phuc is striving to offer more services to tourists from inside and outside the country, who are expected to arrive in droves during the forthcoming peak season.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc is striving to offer more services totourists from inside and outside the country, who are expected toarrive in droves during the forthcoming peak season.

Theprovince has upgraded its facilities at tourist destinations to attractmore visitors to see its striking landscapes and enjoy its rich culturaltradition. Street vendors and beggars hassling visitors have beenbanned.

Endowed with natural resources and a mild climateall year round, the province’s mountainous town of Tam Dao has welcomednearly 70,000 tourist arrivals since early this year. Its resort areaoffers over 1,400 rooms at reasonable rates.

Sightseers can find a list of attractions, resorts and spiritual hotspots worth visiting in a recently-issued tour guide.

Among them is the Tay Thien site, sprawling over 100ha based in TamDao national park. It is home to dozens of religious buildings that canbe reached by 40 electric cars and over 50 cable cabins carrying 2,500passengers per hour.

While touring Dai Lai – an artificiallake with a surface water area of 530ha in Phuc Yen township,vacationers will be able to discover its wonderful scenery amidst rangesof mountains and ever-green forests.

Moreover, they can enjoytheir holidays at the high-end Flamingo Dai Lai ecological resort thatoffers a series of restaurants, villas and recreational spaces.

In May, more than 68,200 tourists brought Dai Lai 21.2 billion VND (1 million USD) in revenue.
 
In the coming time, Vinh Phuc will invest more in Vinh Son snake village, Ha Tien pagoda and Binh Son ancient tower.

So far this year, Vinh Phuc has recorded over 1.2 million touristvisits with more than 10,300 from overseas, fetching more than 499billion VND (23.7 billion USD).-VNA

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