Ha Long Bay (Source: VNA)Quang Ninh (VNA) – As a bigtourism centre of the northern province of Quang Ninh, Ha Long city is aimingto make breakthroughs in services development, especially tourism.
Ha Long now has 595 tourist accommodations, including100 one to five star hotels; 30 shopping centres and restaurants; 500 cruiseships, including 169 standardised overnight tour boats. Tourism services in thecity have increased in both quantity and quality.
Thanks to its favourable location, Ha Longhas attracted big groups and businesses in tourism with the most noteworthyprojects being the Ha Long Ocean Park of Sun Group, the Vincom commercialcentre and the five-star resort in Reu islands, both of Vingroup, and the TimesGarden complex of My Way Group, among others.
These projects have created momentum for development,particularly tourism, in the city.
Multiple large cultural, sport and tourismevents have been held in Ha Long such as the Cherry Blossom Festival and theCarnaval Ha Long.
However, Ha Long has failed to fully tap itspotential to make tourism an economic spearhead.
Most tourists to the city vacation in HaLong Bay, with very few visiting other local tourist destinations like museums,libraries and historical relic sites.
Ha Long has a long road ahead to build astrong tourism brand due to poor tourism products and lacking infrastructure.
Against this backdrop, Ha Long has issued aresolution on turning itself into a high-quality tourism centre for 2016-2020.
At the same time, to improve tourism on HaLong Bay, the city has focused on building regulations for 2016-2020.
The city has sent inspection teams to ensure security, order and safety, while movingillegal seafood business houseboats to the designated area at Cua Van.
It also directed the Ha Long Bay management board and the municipal centre ofcommunication and culture to popularise information on tourist attractions andticket prices while monitoring cruise ships.
Recently, the municipal People’s Committeeannounced a plan on sight-seeing sites, service facilities, rest areas andshops for visitors at Cap Tao Bay in Ha Long, which will create more tourismproducts and services and generate jobs for locals.
The city is expected to welcome 6 millionholiday-makers in 2016, including 2.7 million foreign arrivals, earning 6trillion VND (264 million USD) from the sector and generating jobs for 27,000labourers.
The locality is set to pocket 20 trillionVND (880 million USD) from serving 8 million vacationers, including 3.5foreigners, by 2020. -VNA
Ha Long now has 595 tourist accommodations, including100 one to five star hotels; 30 shopping centres and restaurants; 500 cruiseships, including 169 standardised overnight tour boats. Tourism services in thecity have increased in both quantity and quality.
Thanks to its favourable location, Ha Longhas attracted big groups and businesses in tourism with the most noteworthyprojects being the Ha Long Ocean Park of Sun Group, the Vincom commercialcentre and the five-star resort in Reu islands, both of Vingroup, and the TimesGarden complex of My Way Group, among others.
These projects have created momentum for development,particularly tourism, in the city.
Multiple large cultural, sport and tourismevents have been held in Ha Long such as the Cherry Blossom Festival and theCarnaval Ha Long.
However, Ha Long has failed to fully tap itspotential to make tourism an economic spearhead.
Most tourists to the city vacation in HaLong Bay, with very few visiting other local tourist destinations like museums,libraries and historical relic sites.
Ha Long has a long road ahead to build astrong tourism brand due to poor tourism products and lacking infrastructure.
Against this backdrop, Ha Long has issued aresolution on turning itself into a high-quality tourism centre for 2016-2020.
At the same time, to improve tourism on HaLong Bay, the city has focused on building regulations for 2016-2020.
The city has sent inspection teams to ensure security, order and safety, while movingillegal seafood business houseboats to the designated area at Cua Van.
It also directed the Ha Long Bay management board and the municipal centre ofcommunication and culture to popularise information on tourist attractions andticket prices while monitoring cruise ships.
Recently, the municipal People’s Committeeannounced a plan on sight-seeing sites, service facilities, rest areas andshops for visitors at Cap Tao Bay in Ha Long, which will create more tourismproducts and services and generate jobs for locals.
The city is expected to welcome 6 millionholiday-makers in 2016, including 2.7 million foreign arrivals, earning 6trillion VND (264 million USD) from the sector and generating jobs for 27,000labourers.
The locality is set to pocket 20 trillionVND (880 million USD) from serving 8 million vacationers, including 3.5foreigners, by 2020. -VNA
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