This is the goal of the province’s master plan on tourism development until 2025, with a vision to 2030.
Ninh Binh looks to attract 1 million foreign arrivals and 7 million domestic visitors by 2020, 1.5 million and 9 million by 2025, and 2.1 million and 11.2 million by 2030. Meanwhile, tourism revenue is expected at over VND 4.2 trillion (USD 179.7 million), VND 11.8 trillion (USD 504.8 million), and VND 27 trillion (USD 1.15 billion), respectively.
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Ninh Binh welcomed more than 7 million visitors last year. Photo: thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn |
Under the plan, the province will turn Ninh Binh city into the main tourism center while Tam Diep city and townships in Hoa Lu, Gia Vien, Nho Quan, Yen Mo, Yen Khanh and Kim Son districts will be developed into supporting centers.
The Trang An Landscape Complex and the Kenh Ga – Van Trinh national tourist area will continue to be improved to deserve their national status. Six provincial tourist areas and more places of interests will also be formed in the coming years.
To realize this plan, Ninh Binh is set to ask for the Government and relevant ministries’ permission to apply some special preferential policies to attract investment to tourism.
Provincial authorities also called on the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to further include local tourism information in promotion programs for Vietnamese tourism and support Ninh Binh in training human resources, expanding markets and products, and protecting the environment.
Ninh Binh province is an increasingly favorite destination of tourists from across Vietnam and other countries. It is home to many renowned landscapes, historical relics, traditional craft villages, and various specialties.
Notably, the Trang An Landscape Complex is a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site of both natural and cultural importance.
According to the provincial Department of Tourism, Ninh Binh welcomed more than 7 million visitors and earned over VND2.5 trillion (USD 107 million) from this industry in 2017, respectively rising by 9.5 percent and 43 percent year on year.
In the last eight months, over 6 million vacationers chose Ninh Binh as their destination, helping the province gain VND 2.3 trillion (USD 98.4 million) in tourism revenue, up 5 percent and 18.8 percent from the same period last year, respectively.
Source: VNA