Visitors at Binh Thuan's beach (Photo: VNA) Binh Thuan (VNA) – The south-centralprovince of Binh Thuan has seen a 12 percent growth in the number of visitorsso far this year, thanks to the locality’s efforts to develop a safe andfriendly tourism environment and enhance service quality.
In June, Binh Thuan welcomed 430,000visitors, pushing the total number of tourists to the province to around 2.6million in the first six months of 2018, a rise of 11.6 percent year-on-year.
Of the total, 334,000 were foreigners,mostly Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Thai – a rise of 13.9 percent for thismajority demographic year-on-year.
Binh Thuan’s tourism revenue in the January-Juneperiod was estimated at 6.35 trillion VND (279 million USD), up 18.8 percentyear-on-year.
In recent years, Binh Thuan has becomepopular among tourists thanks to its beautiful landscapes, stunning beaches,and friendly and safe environment. It has 192km of coast featuring idyllicbeaches, impressive landscapes, a clean environment, along with many nationalhistorical and cultural relics and festivals.
The provincial Department of Culture,Sports and Tourism has coordinated with the Tourism Association of the provinceto launch a summer promotion programme for 2018, with reductions in hotel andtourism service prices by 10-50 percent across the province, along with manyother promotional offers.
To complete its goal of luring 5.75 millionvisitors in 2018, including 670,000 foreigners, and a revenue of 12.85 trillionVND (565.4 million USD), the province will continue applying comprehensivemeasures such as raising public awareness of building a culture of healthy andfriendly behaviour for tourism activities.
The department will closely inspectaccommodation facilities and travel agents, control service prices to make suregoods and service prices are the same as listed prices, and strictly handle anyviolations.
The provincial tourism sector will also increasethe quality of products and tours, with top priorities on sea and islandtourism, aiming to turn Binh Thuan into a sea sports-tourism hub for the nation.-VNA
In June, Binh Thuan welcomed 430,000visitors, pushing the total number of tourists to the province to around 2.6million in the first six months of 2018, a rise of 11.6 percent year-on-year.
Of the total, 334,000 were foreigners,mostly Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Thai – a rise of 13.9 percent for thismajority demographic year-on-year.
Binh Thuan’s tourism revenue in the January-Juneperiod was estimated at 6.35 trillion VND (279 million USD), up 18.8 percentyear-on-year.
In recent years, Binh Thuan has becomepopular among tourists thanks to its beautiful landscapes, stunning beaches,and friendly and safe environment. It has 192km of coast featuring idyllicbeaches, impressive landscapes, a clean environment, along with many nationalhistorical and cultural relics and festivals.
The provincial Department of Culture,Sports and Tourism has coordinated with the Tourism Association of the provinceto launch a summer promotion programme for 2018, with reductions in hotel andtourism service prices by 10-50 percent across the province, along with manyother promotional offers.
To complete its goal of luring 5.75 millionvisitors in 2018, including 670,000 foreigners, and a revenue of 12.85 trillionVND (565.4 million USD), the province will continue applying comprehensivemeasures such as raising public awareness of building a culture of healthy andfriendly behaviour for tourism activities.
The department will closely inspectaccommodation facilities and travel agents, control service prices to make suregoods and service prices are the same as listed prices, and strictly handle anyviolations.
The provincial tourism sector will also increasethe quality of products and tours, with top priorities on sea and islandtourism, aiming to turn Binh Thuan into a sea sports-tourism hub for the nation.-VNA
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