The coastal central province of Binh Dinh aims to serve 3.3 milliontourists and earn 3.4 trillion VND (156.4 million USD)—accounting for10-12 percent of its GDP—by 2020.
To that end, thelocality has put upgrades to its tourism infrastructure into its tourismand socio-economic development planning, and integrated tourismdevelopment with industrial and agricultural development and culturalpromotion.
The upgrades include infrastructure inand roads to tourist attractions, including seaports and coastal roads,while developing Quy Nhon into a green-clean-beautiful city.
Priority is also given to attracting investments to build hotels,trade centres and entertainment venues. By 2020, the province strives tooffer 180 accommodation facilities with 5,000 rooms, 35 percent ofwhich will meet three- to five-star standards.
Inthe short term, Binh Dinh is calling for investments in the400-million-USD Thi Nai lagoon eco-tourism project, the 120-million-USDMui Rong-Tan Phung tourism site project and the five-million-USD Nui Motlake project.
It also focuses on speeding up theimplementation of the Vinpearl Quy Nhon tourism complex project worth 4trillion VND (184 million USD), the 500-billion-VND Linh Phong pagodaproject and the Thi Nai bridge tourism site.
According to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ngo DongHai, the province’s strategy to develop a tourism product systemencourages investors to focus on developing coastal resort complexeslike Nhon Hoi, Phuong Mai and Nui Ba, and the sea-island tourism routecomprising Dua beach, Seo and Hai Au isles, Hoan Can beach and Thay Boitower.
Binh Dinh is also working to submit a requestfor UNESCO recognition of its traditional martial arts as an intangiblecultural heritage of humanity.
The local Bai choisinging, unique to the coastal central region and often seen at localspring festivals and resembles a game, using playing cards and villagehuts, has also received attention. Restoration efforts have also beenfocused on traditional festival and trade villages as well as historicaland cultural relic sites.
According to ViceChairman Hai, Binh Dinh targets 4,300 people working in the tourismsector—70 percent of whom receive professional training—in 2015.
It has carried out support policies for human resources training,intensified domestic and international cooperation, and acceleratedcommunications to raise local awareness of tourism.
To that end, thelocality has put upgrades to its tourism infrastructure into its tourismand socio-economic development planning, and integrated tourismdevelopment with industrial and agricultural development and culturalpromotion.
The upgrades include infrastructure inand roads to tourist attractions, including seaports and coastal roads,while developing Quy Nhon into a green-clean-beautiful city.
Priority is also given to attracting investments to build hotels,trade centres and entertainment venues. By 2020, the province strives tooffer 180 accommodation facilities with 5,000 rooms, 35 percent ofwhich will meet three- to five-star standards.
Inthe short term, Binh Dinh is calling for investments in the400-million-USD Thi Nai lagoon eco-tourism project, the 120-million-USDMui Rong-Tan Phung tourism site project and the five-million-USD Nui Motlake project.
It also focuses on speeding up theimplementation of the Vinpearl Quy Nhon tourism complex project worth 4trillion VND (184 million USD), the 500-billion-VND Linh Phong pagodaproject and the Thi Nai bridge tourism site.
According to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ngo DongHai, the province’s strategy to develop a tourism product systemencourages investors to focus on developing coastal resort complexeslike Nhon Hoi, Phuong Mai and Nui Ba, and the sea-island tourism routecomprising Dua beach, Seo and Hai Au isles, Hoan Can beach and Thay Boitower.
Binh Dinh is also working to submit a requestfor UNESCO recognition of its traditional martial arts as an intangiblecultural heritage of humanity.
The local Bai choisinging, unique to the coastal central region and often seen at localspring festivals and resembles a game, using playing cards and villagehuts, has also received attention. Restoration efforts have also beenfocused on traditional festival and trade villages as well as historicaland cultural relic sites.
According to ViceChairman Hai, Binh Dinh targets 4,300 people working in the tourismsector—70 percent of whom receive professional training—in 2015.
It has carried out support policies for human resources training,intensified domestic and international cooperation, and acceleratedcommunications to raise local awareness of tourism.
