A corner of Phu Quoc island (Photo: vnexpress.net)Kien Giang (VNA) – More than 355.6 trillion VND (15.38 billion USD)had been injected into 323 tourism projects in the Mekong Delta province ofKien Giang as of November this year, according to the provincial Department ofTourism.
Of the total, Phu Quoc island alone attracted 279 projects valued at over 349.7trillion VND.
According to director of the tourism department Tran Chi Dung, 69 new projects,which are already operational now, have helped cast a new look to the localtourism and serve as a locomotive to boost sustainable development of thetourism industry.
Local authorities always create favourable conditions for investors to completeprocedures so as to put forth construction of tourism infrastructure, he added.
The province aims to welcome 7 million tourists, including 400,000 foreigners,and targets 11.5 trillion VND in tourism revenue in 2021, up 46 percentyear-on-year.
Dung said the tourism sector will join hands with competent agencies to enhancestate management in tourism coupled with COVID-19 prevention work.
Due attention will be given to tourism promotion activities, human resourcesquality improvement, development of standout and competitive tourism products,and tourism development in tandem with environmental protection, among others.
In 2020, COVID-19 has cost the local tourism sector 12.2 trillion VND, with theclosure of 320 lodging facilities and temporary suspension of operation of 15 travelestablishments. Besides, the pandemic stole jobs of over 6,400 workhands in thesector./.
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