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Ba Den national tourist site to become special, quality tourism hub

The southern province of Tay Ninh will build the Ba Den national tourist site into a special, quality and highly competitive tourism centre in the country.
Ba Den national tourist site to become special, quality tourism hub ảnh 1The PM decision on Ba Den national tourist site master plan is granted to the Pople's Committee of Tay Ninh (Photo: VNA)
Tay Ninh (VNA) – The southernprovince of Tay Ninh will build the Ba Den national tourist site into a special,quality and highly competitive tourism centre in the country.

The provincial People’s Committee onOctober 8 announced the Prime Minister’s decision on a master plan for theconstruction of the site by 2035.

According to the plan, the site willcover nearly 3,000 hectares spanning Ninh Son, Ninh Thanh wards and Thanh Tancommune of Tay Ninh city, and parts of Suoi Da and Phan communes of Duong MinhChau district.

The site will be synchronised withfunctional areas for trade, spiritual-cultural tourism, culture-sport,entertainment, accommodation, as well as area for scientific, natural andenvironmental research.

As many as 1,147 hectares, or 38.27percent of its total area, will be developed for tourism, services andaccommodation. Meanwhile, an area of 100 hectares will be used for researchactivities.

Particularly, more than 1,100ha ofspecial-use forest in the site will be untouched.

Tay Ninh will improve transportinfrastructure system connecting the site with Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Long Anprovinces and Ho Chi Minh City to lure more tourists to the site.

Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain isfamous for its majestic landscapes and magnificent caves and pagodas, and ispart of the Nui Ba Relic Complex in Tay Ninh province.

The complex spreads over an area of24 square kilometres and comprises three mountains: Heo (Pig) Mountain, Phung(Phoenix) Mountain and Ba Den Mountain.

Ba Den is the highest peak, rising tothe height of 986 metres. Besides the landscape, the site, with many pagodasand caves, is considered one of the most famous spiritual lands in the south,worshipping Linh Son Thanh Mau (Linh Son Holy Mother). The most populardestinations at the site are the Ba Temple Complex, old pagodas like Ha Pagoda,Thuong Pagoda and Hang Pagoda and caves on the mountain.

Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Ngoc said this is a great opportunity for TayNinh to lure investment in the tourism sector, striving to make it a spearheadindustry by 2030.

It is forecast that the Ba Den national tourist site will attract about 5million visitors per year by 2025 and 8 million by 2035. It will provide jobsfor 4,000 people.-VNA
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