The south central province of Binh Thuan on April 12 launched its smart tourism portal at //muinevietnam.vn/, aiming to create an ecosystem serving tourists, businesses, and state management agencies.
Participants experience the virtual reality tourism space at the launch of the portal. (Photo: VNA)
Binh Thuan (VNA) – The south central province ofBinh Thuan on April 12 launched its smart tourism portal at //muinevietnam.vn/, aiming to createan ecosystem serving tourists, businesses, and state management agencies.
The portal integrates all information about Binh Thuan province’stourism potential, strength, and typical cultural and sport features. It also helps visitors makeplans, and find accommodations, tourist destinations, and services via scanningQR code or downloading a related app.
The management agencies, meanwhile, can collect statisticsof visitors, tourism market share, business reports, and feedback, amongothers.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Minh saidthe launching of the portal is expected to make progress in both quality andquantity for the tourím sector toward making it a spearhead industry of Binh Thuan by2025.
The province is making efforts to have phone applicationsserving visitors, offer free wi-fi, and install machines offering tourism andservice information at its key tourist destinations by 2025./.
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Participants experience the virtual reality tourism space at the launch of the portal. (Photo: VNA) 
