Ninh Thuan (VNA) – Participants at a conference on March 27 shared the view that Ninh Thuan is a unique destination in the south-central region and gave numerous suggestions for the province to make the best use of its "unique" and "different"  factors.

The tourismpromotion conference was held by the People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan province inHoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam that hosts the National TourismYear 2022.

Associate Prof. Dr.Pham Trung Luong, former deputy head of the Institute for Tourism DevelopmentResearch, said Ninh Thuan has advantages in untouched and beautiful nature, along with other favourable conditions for luxury leisure tourism.

Ha Van Sieu, deputy general director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, suggested the locality pay more heed to highlight its distinctive features compared to other localities while coordinating with its neighbouring province of Binh Thuan to set out ajoint scenario for a tourism year.   

Deputy Director ofthe Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Toruism Tran Ngoc Hieu said NinhThuan and businesses should renew their products and change tourism promotion methods.

Meanwhile, DeputyDirector of the Quang Nam province Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism LeNgoc Tuong said instead of competing, Ninh Thuan should promote connectivity with other localities to create tourism chains of provinces and regions.

Nguyen Long Bien,Vice Chairman of the Ninh Thuan province People’s Committee, pledged that NinhThuan will work to help travel firms and investors remove difficulties, further reformits investment environment, and mobilise resources to upgrade local tourisminfrastructure.

NinhThuan expects to welcome 3.5 million tourists by 2025, including 455,000 foreignarrivals, according to the provincial tourism development planannounced on February 17.

Under the plan, set for 2021-2025 with a visiontowards 2030, the province aims to serve 6 million visitors, of whom 900,000are foreigners, by 2030.

The tourism sector is projected to generate 2.9trillion VND (126.94 million USD) by 2025, and 5.9 trillion VND by 2030,becoming an economicspearhead that contributes about 15 percent of the locality’sgross regional domestic product (GRDP).

In the next four years, Ninh Thuan will focus ondeveloping domestic tourism while recovering international markets like Russiaand Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, efforts will be made to attract high-endtourists from the existing markets and approach new markets in Southeast Asia,Western Europe and Northern America.

Leisure,culture, agriculture and high-tech, and eco-tourism, along with tours offering entertainmentactivities with sand and salt, those to renewable energy farms, and medicaltourism are among major projects to be rolled out by NinhThuan.

To realise the plan, Ninh Thuan will focus onpersonnel development, investment in new tourist sites, brand building andpromotion activities.

The plan is expected to cost over 75.53 trillionVND (3.3 billion USD), of which around 79 billion VND comes from the budget./.