Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chairs the meeting. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – System planning is an important basis forovercoming discrepancies, limitations, and weaknesses in Vietnam’s tourism andcreating breakthroughs for the industry to thrive during economic green transformation,said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.
Chairinga December 25 meeting of the council for the appraisal of the tourism network planning for the2021-2030 period with a vision to 2030, Ha said that is animportant step to concretise the Politburo's resolutions on the development ofsocio-economic regions, national master planning, and regional planning.
Moreover,the planning must present a vision that tourism is an integrated economicsector, pioneering and promoting other sectors to green transformation, he said.
Regardingthe need to identify tourism areas and hubs, Ha said that it isnecessary to expand the "one road, multi-destinations" model byconnecting complementary product chains.
Healso suggested orientations to develop markets, products, and criteria forforming national tourism centres and indicators to evaluate the overall economicefficiency of the industry.
Tourists visit Ha Long Bay in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. (Photo: baovanhoa.vn)Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung said that Vietnam strives to become an attractivedestination with high development potential in the world by 2025.
It’sexpected that by 2030, tourism will become a key economic sector with sustainabledevelopment in Vietnam, and the country will thrive to turn itself into a destination with leading development capacity inthe world.
Until2045, tourism will affirm its role as an economic driver, making Vietnam anoutstanding global destination in the group of leading tourismdeveloping countries in the Asia-Pacific.
Alongwith domestic and international market development orientations, Vietnam willdevelop main product lines including marine tourism, local cultural values,eco-tourism, tourism products associated with economic, cultural, andpolitical-social centres, and new types of tourism.
Atotal investment of about 4 trillion VND (190 billion USD) is needed to boostthe country’s tourism, the minister said, adding that priorities will be givento remove bottlenecks and deal with weaknesses in Vietnam's tourism./.
