Nghe An opens wide to tourism development initiatives

(Baonghean.vn) – With over 400 delegates including leaders of the Party, State, ministries, departments and central branches; leaders of provinces and cities in the North - South Central region; experts, businesses, leading tourism training institutions as well as a number of foreign embassies in Vietnam..., the Scientific Conference on Tourism Development in the North - South Central region will have valuable discussions and analysis, building a "handbook" for regional tourism linkage.

Domestic travel businesses survey Nghe An sunflower fields. Photo: Thu Huong.

The North Central and South Central Coast are two of the seven tourist regions oriented for development by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the Vietnam Tourism Development Strategy to 2020, with a vision to 2030. These are regions with important tourism potential. The tourism product systems of both the North and South Central regions have been basically developed, forming an image in the market.

However, in recent times, the linkage to exploit tourism products has not been strongly implemented by the provinces. Meanwhile, currently, linkage to develop tourism is a common development trend in Vietnam.

Therefore, on February 20, 2016, Nghe An province hosted the Workshop on Linking Tourism Development in the North-South Central Region with the aim of effectively exploiting the strengths of tourism resources of each locality. At the same time, step by step linking to create common destinations on the basis of forming a chain of unique and attractive tourism products to attract tourists, expanding the market, attracting investment, training human resources and organizing promotion for common destinations. The workshop is an opportunity for Nghe An province in particular and the provinces in the North-South Central region in general to listen to and receive practical and sharp opinions to solve difficult problems of tourism development and regional linkage.

Traditional weaving tourism businesses of the Thai people in Na village (Con Cuong). Photo: Vuong Bang.

27 presentations at the workshop focused on 3 main topics: Advantages and roles of localities in linking tourism development in the North - South Central region; Strategic orientation for development and linking tourism development in the North - South Central region; Solutions for linking tourism development in the North - South Central region.

Before the conference, Nghe An province organized a famtrip to welcome press agencies, travel businesses, major investors from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, and BIDV Bank to survey and evaluate tourism products of Nghe An province along the tourist route: Vinh - Nam Dan - Do Luong - Con Cuong - Nghia Dan - Yen Thanh - Cua Lo - Vinh.

Within the framework of the workshop program, there will be an exhibition of tourism publications, beautiful photos, and products of 7 districts, cities, and towns with outstanding tourism potential in Nghe An as well as provinces in the North - South Central region.

Phuoc Anh