Quynh beach tourism flourishes

(Baonghean) - 2015 marked the rise of Quynh Luu beach tourism, with the appearance of the Resort at Quynh Nghia beach, with a total investment of approximately 70 billion VND in phase 1. With synchronous investment, this tourist area has created a highlight, attracting a large number of visitors to Quynh beach.

Quynh Luu district has 9 coastal communes, with convenient traffic conditions by rail, road, and waterway, with two river mouths of Lach Quen and Lach Thoi, which are favorable for cooperation and economic exchange, trade, and domestic and international tourism. With rich and diverse tourism resources combined with the coastal plain climate, it is an advantage for tourism development. Quynh Luu's beaches are beautiful, flat, clear blue sea water with suitable salinity, with many kinds of fresh seafood such as shrimp, fish, squid, clams, oysters, crabs, snails, etc. Most of the beaches here still retain their pristine, simple beauty. In recent years, as people's lives have improved, the demand for relaxation and sightseeing has increased and many tourists like to find tourist destinations close to nature. Anticipating this trend, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thuan, a son of Quynh, boldly invested in building a resort at Quynh Nghia beach. Mr. Thuan shared: "I love the beautiful and clean sea of ​​my hometown, this is what motivated me to invest in my hometown to help the district create a large-scale tourist area, which is also a stepping stone to mark the location for tourists. I hope other investors will come to Quynh beach to invest to create a tourist area that is attractive to tourists."

In early 2014, the resort officially started construction with a total area of ​​6.5 hectares. Phase 1 has only completed 1/4 of the project, including completing the restaurant area, the resort, 20 independent rooms in the form of separate bungalows. In the near future, the investor of this project will continue to build resort villas and a 3,000m2 conference center.², sports fields, swimming pool area,... with a total investment of nearly 200 billion VND for the entire project. Officially put into operation for tourism business in 2015, this resort has become an impressive highlight attracting tourists from all over to come and admire and experience here. For the first time, Quynh beach has a modern, professional resort growing up next to a pristine beach, fine sand, clear blue water and a pine forest rustling with the sound of waves all year round. Right on the occasion of the opening of the Quynh beach tourist season, tens of thousands of visitors from inside and outside the province came to Quynh Nghia beach, the resort became overloaded, many large groups of visitors from the northern provinces contacted to book rooms to stay but the project owner had to refuse because there were not enough conditions to receive many large groups of visitors. This year's tourist season, Quynh Nghia Resort alone welcomed 2,000 visitors/month. This is a positive signal that makes investors confident in their investment in the right direction.

Tourists swim in Dragon Eye Cave (Quynh Nghia, Quynh Luu). Photo: Nhat Thanh

Ms. Tran Thi Minh Trang, a business kiosk owner at Quynh Nghia beach, shared that this year the hot weather has lasted since the beginning of summer, so the number of visitors to Quynh beach is higher than previous years, especially with many groups of visitors from other provinces such as Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Ninh Binh, etc. The number of tourists coming to Quynh beach is increasing, because when they come here, they not only swim in the sea with long, flat sand beaches and clear blue water, but also enjoy many types of fresh, quality, cheap seafood, suitable for a variety of customers. At Minh Trang restaurant, the price of sea shrimp ranges from 300,000 - 330,000 VND/kg, grade 1 crab from 350,000 - 400,000 VND/kg, grouper 430,000 - 500,000 VND/kg, mantis shrimp 160,000 - 180,000 VND/kg, squid 250,000 - 300,000 VND/kg... Fresh seafood and reasonable prices have made many customers trust and choose Quynh beach as their annual destination.

Mr. Ho Khac Huynh, Vice Chairman of the People's Council of Quynh Nghia Commune, said: Up to now, the land fund for tourism development of Quynh Nghia Commune, more than 30 hectares, has been leased by investors and is promoting investment in building motels, hotels, food and beverage service areas and entertainment. This is a positive sign of local tourism development in the coming years, which will create more jobs and increase income for many workers in the commune. Farmers in coastal areas are gradually learning and improving their expertise in tourism services to meet the needs of tourists. This summer tourist season 2015, Quynh Nghia welcomed more than 20,000 domestic and foreign tourists to swim and relax. The number of tourists increased by about 30% compared to the 2014 tourist season.

After separating Hoang Mai Town, Quynh Luu district is interested in developing sea tourism in Quynh Nghia and Quynh Bang beaches. To promote tourism development, the district focuses on building infrastructure and roads. Completed and put into use tourist routes such as Van - Bang route 3.5 km long, Tan - Bang road 15 km long; basically completed Phuong - Bang route 6.5 km long. At the same time, construction is underway on the following routes: Hau - Doi - Yen - Minh 9.5 km long, Thach - Thanh - Luong route 9 km long, Quynh Nghia sea tourism road in Quynh beach tourist area 4.3 km long, road from Provincial Road 537B (Quynh Nghia) to Tien Thuy 4 km long...; Besides, the district also pays attention to the quality of human resources serving tourism. Many tourism businesses have actively created conditions for workers to receive professional training at professional training facilities, attracting a labor force in this field that is constantly increasing in both quantity and quality every year.

The resort at Quynh Nghia beach has been put into operation.

Currently, Quynh Luu has 19 accommodation establishments, including 2 hotels and 17 motels with 262 rooms, 450 beds, more than 30 restaurants and 42 kiosks serving tourists swimming in the sea. On average, each year the coastal tourist area welcomes about 90,000 visitors to swim and relax, the total revenue from this tourism activity reaches over 135 billion VND/year. In recent years, the number of tourists to Quynh Luu has increased quite strongly, an average increase of 10%/year, however, the number of overnight visitors is not much, mainly tourists swimming in the sea, relaxing and enjoying seafood. In 2015 alone, Quynh Luu tourism welcomed about 130,000 visitors, of which 29,500 overnight visitors. Total tourism revenue in the district in 2015 is estimated at nearly 200 billion VND, of which revenue from sea tourism accounts for over 90%.

To promote the tourism industry in the area to develop further in the coming years, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district creates a clear legal corridor in the field of investment and encourages businesses inside and outside the district, and successful children from far away from home to invest in the district. At the same time, build tax policies and attractive land prices to attract investment capital to promote socio-economic development.

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