New look for coastal town

(Baonghean) - In recent years, along with the urban beautification campaign, re-planning of shops along the beach, and strict application of the "5 no" regulations, Cua Lo Town has promoted attracting investment in building modern hotels, parks, restaurants... contributing to changing the appearance of the coastal tourist city, creating an impression on tourists.

Cua Lo seen from above. Photo: SM

Visitors' comments

Like many tourists from far away, every year when coming to Cua Lo, Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga (Hai Phong City) sees many new features: new not only by feeling a green - clean - beautiful coastal tourist urban space from carefully tended flower gardens and ornamental plants... but also by the rapid development of long, bustling streets and modern, spacious high-rise hotels. Ms. Nga said: If in previous years, her whole family often booked to stay at Hon Ngu Hotel, this year she chose something a little more luxurious: 4-star Saigon - Kim Lien Hotel and maybe next year she will choose Muong Thanh. We are curious why, even though she also lives on Do Son beach, her family still chooses Cua Lo for vacation every year. Because she was born in Nghe An, grew up to study and work and has been away from home for decades. From that day until now, no matter how busy, every summer she and her children return to Cua Lo, it has become a habit, like a return to rest, visit and this place is like a close friend to her, so the appearance of the town, the price of the rooms, the restaurants with delicious food, suitable to her taste, Ms. Nga always remembers...

For tourists from the mountainous region, like Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong (from the highland district of Tuong Duong), Cua Lo is a modern, luxurious urban area. She said: “I am a teacher in the highlands, I read a lot of books and newspapers, but every time I come to Cua Lo, I am really surprised by the rapid changes: restaurants have sprung up close together, neatly along the beach with gentle service, reasonable prices, and fresh seafood. My children like the playground at Sea Daisy Park with many exciting games the most. For me, the best thing is watching the sunrise on the sea. Therefore, every time I come to Cua Lo, I take advantage of all my time to rest and relax, to gain more energy for the upcoming working days.”

To have those good impressions in the hearts of tourists, in recent times, the leaders and people of the town have focused on building and improving the culture in communication and behavior, especially those participating in tourism business, aiming to create the best cultural tourism environment for Cua Lo. Businesses and people participating in tourism activities in the town have shown awareness of the important meaning of creating friendly, hospitable and satisfying impressions from the smallest actions and behaviors, thereby having concerns and joining hands to build the town towards a regional and national tourist city. The great movement of a cultural tourism environment in Cua Lo today is also in the determination and persistence in implementing the "5 no" policy to always create a sense of security and comfort for every tourist when going to the beach.

New look

In order to best serve tourists, in recent years, in addition to changing the appearance of the environmental landscape, building a culture of communication and behavior... one of the issues that Cua Lo is very interested in is attracting investment in building a system of accommodation facilities, which has contributed to changing the appearance of the coastal town a lot.

In the 2015 tourist season, Cua Lo had 275 accommodation establishments with nearly 8,500 rooms accommodating 20,000 visitors/day (including 30 1-4 star hotels) that could host national conferences and seminars. More than 300 restaurants catered to the culinary and seafood needs of tourists.

Guide tourists to check in at Muong Thanh Hotel - Cua Lo. Photo: TT

As one of the 4-star hotels present in the coastal town for more than 3 years, Saigon - Kim Lien resort is the first 4-star luxury resort in the coastal tourist town. Talking with Mr. Vo An Huy, Deputy Director of Saigon - Kim Lien hotel, it is known that: This is the second hotel with cooperation between Nghe An and Ho Chi Minh City. With the desire to create a new beauty, a new style of Saigon in the heart of the peaceful coastal town, over the years Saigon - Kim Lien resort has tried to build its brand with service attitude, with dishes, with attractive service systems such as spa, massage, relaxing with instrumental music every Saturday night. To prepare for the 2015 Cua Lo tourist season, up to this point Saigon - Kim Lien Resort has completed everything from the service team, food, to the campus... everything must be perfect, clean, beautiful... how to make tourists feel most comfortable when coming to Saigon - Kim Lien resort.

Another highlight that cannot be ignored is Muong Thanh Hotel (4 stars). It is not wrong to say that Muong Thanh Cua Lo has contributed to beautifying and modernizing Cua Lo city this tourist season. Because this is the most modernly designed and tallest hotel in the coastal town today. 27 floors with 249 exquisitely designed rooms, overlooking the entire Cua Lo sea. Luxurious restaurant system, bar, outdoor swimming pool, sports entertainment center... Muong Thanh Cua Lo has invested in a conference center with a capacity of over 1,000 guests, with modern and synchronous equipment to focus on exploiting MICE guests in Cua Lo. Ms. Le Hoang Yen, General Director of Muong Thanh Hotel Group shared: “Muong Thanh Hotel Group wishes to contribute more to improving the quality of resort services in Nghe An. Cua Lo beach with beautiful sand and especially fresh seafood is an attractive destination for tourists nationwide, with the annual growth rate of tourists in Cua Lo being over 20%. Having an additional 4-star hotel will help Cua Lo better meet accommodation needs, especially attracting more foreign tourists. We will strive to refresh the image of accommodation in Cua Lo in particular and Nghe An in general”.

Continuing the journey to beautify the appearance of the coastal urban area, all levels and sectors of Cua Lo Town are promoting the formation of functional subdivisions as a foundation for the development of service industries (such as: industrial clusters in Nghi Thu; scientific research centers in Nghi Hai; university and college areas, high-end commercial and tourist areas in Nghi Huong, Nghi Thu; resorts and tourism areas in Thu Thuy, high-end entertainment areas in Ngu Island, Lan Chau Island, Cua Hoi area...).

Cua Lo has many advantages to complete the target of welcoming 2 million 430 thousand visitors, an increase of 8% compared to 2014 (of which 1 million 432 thousand visitors stayed, international visitors reached 5,600). That is, the province determined the town as one of the two economic centers of the province, recognized by the Government as the first coastal tourist city in the country, National Highway 1A through Nghe An was completed, Vinh airport was upgraded to an international airport and a new terminal was inaugurated with a scale of 2.5 million passengers/year, Cua Lo Port continues to invest in upgrading. With a spacious, modern infrastructure system serving tourism (resorts, dining, entertainment...), meeting national and regional standards; Entertainment projects on Lan Chau Island and Song Ngu Island are speeding up construction progress. Cruises to Ngu Island and the sacred Song Ngu Pagoda, visiting legendary relics, listening to folk songs, Vi and Giam at Lam Vien beach and enjoying fresh, delicious seafood will certainly satisfy tourists.

Mr. Doan Tien Dung, Chairman of the Town People's Committee, said: Cua Lo is known as a tourist city with great appeal, bustling, services for visitors are invested in construction and modern development, natural environment and people are friendly and harmonious. Along with the expansion of space, the important breakthrough for the socio-economic development of Cua Lo in the coming time will be the synchronous development of urban infrastructure system, connecting with districts, towns, especially Vinh City and provinces with tourist cities.

Thanh Thuy