The locality has invested in building and upgrading many roads to shorten the travel time of tourists to Quang Ninh.
In late April, the final segments of the Bach Dang bridge connecting the Northern port city of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh were joined.
The bridge, once operational, is expected to help shorten the distance from Hanoi to Quang Ninh from 175 kilometers to 125 kilometers as well as cut traveling time between the two localities by half.
“Along with the Ha Long-Hai Phong highway, the Van Don international airport project, which is about to complete, will open up a new opportunity for the development of Quang Ninh’s tourism sector,” said Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Vu Thi Thu Thuy.
The province has lured a lot of projects into the sector.
Since 2013, it has attracted more than 100 projects with a total registered capital of VND 121 trillion (USD 5.33 billion), mainly in the tourism field.
The Tuan Chau Group has pumped a total investment of nearly VND 50 trillion in a modern golf field, Vietnam’s longest four-star hotel and villa complex, and others, contributing to changing the face of the locality’s tourism sector.
Every day, the Tuan Chau tourism complex welcomes around 10,000 domestic and foreign visitors.
Along with Tuan Chau Group, Sun Group, Vingroup and FLC are giant investors in the province’s tourism.
Their Sun World Ha Long, Vincom Center Ha Long, and five-star FLC Ha Long Bay Resort have become favored destinations there.
Director of the provincial Tourism Department Pham Ngoc Thuy said that the province is calling for investment in five projects in Van Don: Phuong Hoang island eco-tourism site with an investment of VND 5.5 trillion, Dat Nat island with a capital of over VND 3.1 trillion, Chin isle site with an investment of VND 2.5 trillion, Soi Nhu isle project valued at VND 640 billion, and an eco-tourist site totalling VND 3.5 trillion.
“With open policy and favorable legal framework, Quang Ninh expects to attract more domestic and foreign investors in order to turn the locality into the country’s leading destination of tourists,” Thuy added.
In the first five months of the year, the province served more than 7 million visitors, including 2.5 million foreigners. It expects to welcome 12 million holidaymakers by the end of this year, 5 million of them are foreigners.
Quang Ninh is endowed with natural advantages for sea and island tourism.
The province has a coastline of more than 250 kilometers and some 2,000 islets, two-thirds of the total in Vietnam. The spectacular stretch of coast connects the UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay with majestic natural scenery, Bai Tu Long Bay, Van Don and Co To islands and Tra Co beach with Cat Ba National Park in the northern port city of Hai Phong.
In 2017, a total of 9.87 million tourists visited the province, including 4.28 million foreigners. More than 70 percent of the tourists came via sea and island tours.
Quang Ninh is expanding the space for sea and island tourism farther from Ha Long Bay towards islands such as Co To, Van Don and Hai Ha.
Source: VNA