Quang Binh (VNA) - The centralprovince of Quang Binh hopes to welcome 4.3 million visitors in 2019, about 250,000-300,000of them foreigners, and earn some 5 trillion VND (more than 214 million USD)from tourism.
In 2018, the locality reaped significant achievements in tourism development.It greeted more than 3.9 millionvisitors, a year-on-year rise of 18.2 percent.
Notably, the number of foreign arrivals to the locality exceeded 200,000, up 53percent compared to 2017.
The tourism sector raked in nearly4.5 trillion VND (more than 192 million USD) in revenue in the year, 20percent higher than that of the previous year.
The results were attributed to efforts by local authorities to tap localadvantages for tourism, focusing on diversifying products.
Many tours were opened to serve increasing demand of visitors, especially eco-tours,community tours and tours of Quang Binh’s populardestinations.
Travel agencies operating in the locality have also paid attention to developinginfrastructure facilities.
Quang Binh is home to about 350 tourist accommodationfacilities, including one 5-star hotel, five 4-star hotels and eight3-star hotels. About 40 travel companies areoperating in the locality, including 14 international ones.
Local authorities have also worked hardon national, regional and international tourism promotion, while enhancing connectionwith other localities in this field.
Quang Binh boasts rich tourism resources and is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Phong Nha -KeBang National Park and the world’s largest cave Son Doong.
The province also has the longest coastlinein Vietnam, with beautiful beaches and delicious seafood. It was chosen as oneof the filming destinations of the Hollywood blockbuster movie “Kong: SkullIsland”. -VNA