Nghe An tourism service revenue in 2014 reached 2,381 billion VND

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of February 10, Nghe An Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference to summarize the work of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Family in 2014 and deploy the work in 2015.

Attending the event were comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of provincial departments, agencies, and unions.

Overview of the ceremony.

In 2014, in the cultural field, the work of preserving and promoting national cultural values ​​was carried out in accordance with the roadmap in building the dossier to submit to UNESCO for consideration and recognition of Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity. In particular, the successful defense before the UNESCO Council to recognize Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity on November 27, 2014, and at the same time, coordinating with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Ha Tinh province to successfully organize the Honoring Ceremony on January 31, 2015 left many deep impressions; submitting to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Provincial People's Committee to rank 36 relics (2 national relics and 34 provincial relics); restoring and embellishing 19 relics with a total cost of 450 million VND; Implementing 07 projects to restore and embellish relics with a total cost of 27,072 billion VND...

Performing arts activities continue to improve the quality of content and quantity of programs to serve the people. In 2014, 2 professional art troupes performed 317 shows, completing the set plan; library activities issued 4,500 new reader cards, serving 450,000 readers, serving 550,000 book circulations; successfully organized 2 photo contests and 4 photo exhibitions;...

In the family field, the work of propaganda and dissemination of legal documents on family has received attention and guidance. Effectively and practically organize International Days of Happiness and Vietnamese Family Day; continue to effectively implement the work of preventing domestic violence.

Regarding sports activities, the 7th Provincial Sports Festival was successfully organized. Nghe An province participated in the 7th National Sports Festival and ranked 16th out of 65 teams. In 2014, it participated in 52 football tournaments with a total of 342 medals of all kinds. The Song Lam Nghe An football team finished the 2014 EXIMBANK V. League national championship in 5th place. The U13 team won the championship in the National Youth Football Tournament...

In the tourism sector, the total number of tourists with accommodation during the year reached over 3.55 million. Total revenue from tourism services reached 2,381 billion VND, of which revenue from international visitors reached 11.90 million USD.

Besides the achieved results, cultural, sports and tourism activities still have some limitations, such as: there is not enough attention paid to the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, the existing cultural institutions in some establishments have not been highly effective, the progress of implementing some tourism projects is still slow and prolonged, Nghe An tourism products are still monotonous, there are not many products to attract visitors,...

The conference discussed and set out the basic targets for 2015, which are: 82% of cultural families; 21.7% of sports families and 32% of people regularly participating in exercise; total number of guests staying 3,600 people...

Kieu Nga