3 key solutions in linking tourism development in the North Central region

Accordingly, the extended North Central region has a convenient traffic location, with forests, seas, rivers, and rice fields. Particularly for the tourism sector, this is an area with many large-scale resorts, and is also famous for itsheritageThe world has many ethnic communities living there, forming many diverse and unique human resources that can meet the needs of many types of visitors.

The Forum on Tourism Development Cooperation between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the North Central Region in 2022 is an important opportunity and solution to promote and exploit the tourism potential, advantages, and strategic positions of localities, promote tourism connections, and create a chain of linked products between Ho Chi Minh City and the region.North Central Coastexpanded, including Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri, contributing to stimulating domestic tourism, supporting the tourism industry to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic, diversifying products, increasing the number of tourists, length of stay and spending level of tourists...

The Forum on Tourism Development Linkage between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Extended North Central Region in 2022 was held in Vinh City (Nghe An) on the afternoon of July 1. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

From a business perspective, Mr. Truong Duc Hung commented that tourism in the expanded North Central region still has a lot of potential and prospects for development in both breadth and depth on the basis of linking withHo Chi Minh CityThereby, attracting a large number of international and domestic tourists to the localities, in order to specifically implement the cooperation and linkage program, promoting economic, cultural and social development between Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces, cities, and the extended North Central region.

Continuing to develop the results that have been achieved, from the actual implementation of tourism linkage programs with the regions, in order to deploy the content of tourism linkage between Ho Chi Minh City and localities in the extended North Central region, he proposed the following key linkage content groups:

The first, on linking construction, developing tourism products, and exploiting visitor sources: Currently, linking activities are mainly based on the conference mechanism on a voluntary basis, lacking legal binding. Therefore, it is necessary to perfect policies and legal documents to better implement regional linking on the basis of having a mechanism to monitor and supervise the coordination and implementation of regional linking.

On the basis of forming and developing local typical products, it is necessary to promote the linkage between provinces in the region to create strong product clusters to form inter-regional destinations, specialized products such ascultural tourism, eco-tourism, sea tourism; linking industries such as railways, aviation, agriculture, fisheries... to create attractive common product packages.

Mr. Truong Duc Hung - Deputy General Director of Saigon Tourist Corporation discussed key solutions in tourism development linkage. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

There should be policies to promote investment in infrastructure, especially infrastructure connecting tourist areas and spots in the region such as road and railway traffic systems, seaports, airports, high-quality and synchronous tourism technical facilities such as accommodation, entertainment, sports, means of transport, and other tourism service facilities.

Monday, on linkage in branding - marketing promotion, organizing tourism events: It is necessary to continue to improve and promote policies on promotion, product development to promote planning, market, development cooperation programs, etc.Australia promotiontourism products in a unified way.

The authorities of each locality and the whole region need to allocate funds for tourism activities from the local budget and socialized sources; promote tourism promotion and advertising activities at home and abroad regularly and continuously with the close participation and coordination of all provinces, management agencies and travel businesses.

Journey to conquer Puxailaileng peak (Ky Son - Nghe An) - the "roof" of Northern Truong Son. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Promote regional tourism promotion activities through building a regional tourism brand identity; actively apply science and technology, especially digital technology such asInternet, social media network, building a common regional tourism website in investing in tourism product development, promoting and advertising tourism.

Tuesday,Regarding training, use and development of tourism human resources: There needs to be a unified and synchronous training program to enhance the capacity of local management staff; vocational and foreign language training for workers in the tourism sector.Tourism industry, raise awareness and train the community to participate in tourism activities between localities in the region to ensure service quality.

Continue to improve cooperation and association programs in training and developing professional and quality tourism human resources, ensuring national and regional occupational standards...