Laguna Lang Co integrated resort in Thua Thien-Hue from above. (Photo: Laguna Lang Co)Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Blessed with over 128km of coastline and the largest lagoon system inSoutheast Asia, covering up to 22,000 hectares, the central province of ThuaThien-Hue is making the most of its natural strengths to develop sea-based tourism.
Con Son eco-resort andtourism complex, located in Phu Thuan commune, Phu Vang district, on the bankof Thanh Lam lagoon, was granted a licence by theprovincial government last week. The 42-hectare high-end project has a totalinvestment of 1.01 trillion VND (43.4 million USD).
It is designed to accommodateup to 15,000 guests per day. Besides accommodation, the complex provides a widerange of services, from restaurant, mobile catering, to amusement, souvenir andlocal specialty shops. It also expects to bring to visitors greaterexperience of local culture and fishermen’s daily life.
The project is scheduled tobe operational in March 2023.
Shortly prior to this, ThuaThien-Hue approved a 134-hectare eco-tourism complex in Hai Duong commune,Huong Tra town near Tam Giang lagoon that will cost more than 2.1 trillion VND.
The province is also callingfor investment to a similar project in Loc Dien commune, Phu Locdistrict to tap into the beauty of Cau Hai lagoon.
In 2018, the provincepermitted Banyan Tree Holdings company from Singapore toincrease its total investment at Laguna Lang Co integrated resort to 2 billionUSD. The added capital has been used to build nearly 1,000 more hotel rooms (from 2,180 to 3,178) and 1,073 villas (from 1,180 to2,253). Some 250 million USD of the added capital is being invested in a 2.64-hectare casino entertainmentcomplex for foreigners.
Located near Lang Co Bay, the first phase of the Laguna Lang Co projectincludes Angsana Lang Co Hotel with 229 rooms and Banyan TreeResidences with 57 villas and an 18-hole golf course, with an initial capitalof nearly 300 million USD.
About 17km away from the Laguna Lang Co, final touch is being put on theMinh Vien international tourism site which will offer 200 – 300 rooms once thefirst phase of the project completes in the end of this year.
The province’s Lang Co area currently houses six resort complexes, 45hotels and motels, providing about 1,200 rooms and 1,800 beds. The area hasseen an annual growth of over 25 percent in tourist arrivals and 20 percent in revenue from tourism. The number of visitors to Lang Coaccounted for around 16 percent of the total tourist arrivals in the province. Last year, it welcomed more than 1.3 millionholidaymakers, earning about 1.4 trillion VND (60.2 million USD).
Thua Thien-Hue aims to further develop sea-based tourism with a focus onLang Co – Chan May area and Tam Giang – Cau Hai lagoon by 2020.
By 2025, Lang Co – Canh Duong tourist area in Lang Co township is setto welcome over 1.5 million visitors, about 600,000 of them foreign visitors.
In 2018, Thua Thien-Hue welcomed more than 4.3million visitors, a rise of 14 percent, with the number of foreign visitors up30 percent. Tourism revenue reached 4.47 trillion VND, up 27.1 percent against2017.
It targets to attract about 4.7 million visitors in2019, with 45 percent being foreigners, a rise of about 7 percent year on year.
The province targets 4.9 trillion VND in tourismrevenue in the year, up 10 percent compared to the previous year. –VNA
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