December 29, 2017 | 20:28 (GMT+7)
Sam Mountain to become special tourism site by 2030
The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to develop the Sam Mountain national tourism site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2025 with a vision towards 2030.
The site is expected to welcome 6 million visitors with 800,000 in-house guests by 2025, with the figures projected to rise to 7 million visitors and 1 million in-house guests by 2030. Revenue from tourism services is targeted at more than 6 trillion VND (264.13 million USD) and jobs will be created for nearly 9,000 local laborers in the next 13 years.
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Sam Mountain. Source: bestpricevn.com |
Under the master plan, the site includes an area to preserve Chau Doc city’s traditional architecture and culture, a cultural park, an eco-tourism site, an eco-resort site, an eco-farm, and a cultural-spiritual site.
Cultural-spiritual tourism products that feature pilgrimage, Ba Chua Xu (Regional Goddess) festival, Thoai Ngoc Hau tomb and other relic sites will be prioritized.
Sport tourism, community-based tourism and entertainment tourism will be developed as well.
The site aims to lure tourists from the southeastern region and Central Highlands region and foreigners in the sub-Mekong Delta region.
Source: VNA