A beach in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province. (Photo: VNA)Khanh Hoa (VNA) – Some 200businesses and experts discussed developing tourism in the central province ofKhanh Hoa at a seminar in Nha Trang city on August 4.
Speaking at the event, Tran Son Hai, Vice Chairman of the Khanh Hoa People’s Committee, said local tourismhas recorded high growth over the past year but shortcomings remain.
According to him, these shortcomingsincluded tourism products lacking diversity, service quality not meetingtourists’ demand, restrictions in tourism promotion and low quality humanresources.
Hai asked the provincial Tourism Departmentto work with relevant agencies to restructure the sector to make Nha Trang –Khanh Hoa a mark in Vietnamese and global tourism maps.
Nguyen Truong Son, a business developmentexecutive at the Crystal Bay group, shared solutions to connecting naturalheritage areas between the northeast and central regions, and between Ha LongBay and My Son Sanctuary as well as the Champa cultural regions of Nha Trangand Ninh Thuan province.
Son said despite differences, once theseareas are successfully connected they will bring more diverse experiences forvisitors, particularly foreigners. He added the solution also helps localitiesinvolved in capitalising on their tourism potential and improves competivenessand added value.
Participants discussed matters including howto increase environmental quality and service quality for maximum exploitationof local tourism.
They suggested carrying out market researchon foreign tourists, tourist markets and tourism products.
In the first six months of 2018, Khanh Hoawelcomed 3.2 million staying visitors, of which more than 1.5 million wereforeigners, up nearly 60 percent year on year.
The entire province currently runs 684accommodation facilities with about 31,700 rooms.-VNA
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