Experts said that Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the Politburo on socio-economic development and assurance of national defense and security in the Southeast region by 2030, with a vision to 2045, will be a dynamic force. force, creating a breakthrough for socio-economic development in general and the Southeast region’s tourism industry in particular, soon becoming the key economic sector of the whole region.
6 localities 1 destination
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang, former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, said that Ho Chi Minh City is the gateway and traffic hub connecting with domestic and international provinces and cities. on all means of transport including road, air, water and rail.
Therefore, if done well, linking with localities in the region, it will form a potential “Southeast tourist route”.
Sharing at the preliminary conference to link tourism development in the Southeast region on November 29, 2022 in Binh Phuoc province, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang said that cooperation and linkage must be determined. is an indispensable task to maintain and expand the tourist market in the Southeast region. From there, to build appropriate linked tourism products, with the motto “6 localities – 1 destination”, highlighting the characteristics of each locality, in order to increase the attractiveness of the Southeast destination.
In addition, it is necessary to step up market research to identify the target market, avoiding the lack of focus and focus on and promotion; closely linked to promote and promote regional tourism effectively and professionally, in order to enhance the brand of the destination of the region, increase the attractiveness and attractiveness to tourists.
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Besides, for training, it is necessary to develop human resources to meet integration requirements, improve the quality of lecturers of tourism vocational training institutions; improve the quality of personnel at tourist attractions and hotels as well as the quality of tour guides; continue to reform preliminary processing policies, attract investment in developing tourism infrastructure for the protection of natural resources and environment and ensuring national security.
Mr. Trinh Hang, Director of the Department of Tourism of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said that cooperation and linkage to develop the region’s tourism economy not only benefits each locality through supporting and supplementing products, creating complete chains and services, creating competition with other regions, but also promoting quantity exploitation traveler in the region, especially in localities with close geographical distance, high-income people such as the Southeast region.
“Cooperation and association is an opportunity to attract investment among localities; opportunities to exchange and support training and development of human resources; opportunities to create tourism products of high quality, with specific characteristics, to create a common image and brand of the region, and to enhance domestic and international competitiveness. This is an important factor for building specific tourism products in particular and tourism development in general in the current market mechanism. In addition, cooperation and association are also an opportunity to exchange experiences on state management of tourism, create an equal business environment and promote tourism development among localities in the region. ,” shared Mr. Trinh Hang.
Concretize the implementation of Resolution 24
In order to implement Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the Politburo, the Government also issued Resolution No. 154/NQ-CP dated 23/11/2022 Government action plan on socio-economic development Association and ensure national defense and security in the Southeast region to 2030, with a vision to 2045 with 7 main tasks and solutions.
The cable car station takes visitors to the top of Ba Den mountain. (Photo: Le Duc Hoanh/VNA)The Government requested ministries, branches and provinces and cities in the Southeast to focus on perfecting institutions and policies and promote regional linkage development, creating high consistency at all levels and sectors on requirements. urgent; must promote cooperation and linkage within and between regions, create a unified economic space, overcome bottlenecks, mobilize and effectively use resources, and improve regional competitiveness.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet said that the effective and substantive implementation of the signed cooperation agreements on tourism development for the provinces in the Southeast region will develop promote the tourism potential and strengths of the localities according to the policy of Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the Politburo on socio-economic development in the Southeast region.
Mr. Doan Van Viet said that in the coming time, localities should actively exploit and exchange tourists between localities in the region; promote the role of businesses, especially travel agencies, in connecting destinations, connecting internationally and developing new destinations, new products, and new tour routes.
In addition, the localities in the region need to clarify the characteristics of the region, form attractive tourism programs, attract the interest and discovery of domestic and foreign tourists; create a strong impression on the tourism brand of the Southeast region compared to other tourist regions through the exploitation of tourism products with cultural characteristics and new products that the region can be as strong as MICE tourism in Thanh Hoa. Ho Chi Minh City (MICE tourism is a tourism activity combined with seminars, conferences, rewards and events); Ba Ria-Vung Tau beach tourism; spiritual cultural tourism in Tay Ninh; travel ecology, health care, community tourism, craft villages in Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai; travel to visit industrial parks and manufacturing plants in Binh Duong; River tourism exploits along Mr. Saigon and Dong Nai river.
“Promoting investment in infrastructure, connecting between Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in the region; forming destinations close to the tourist center of Ho Chi Minh City, and at the same time gradually modernizing and improving the quality of the tourism infrastructure system for the whole region,” noted Mr. Doan Van Viet.
Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien (a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Group) said that regional linkages to develop regional tourism South Eastthe first thing is to find out other points, new things in the development of tourism products.
“The Southeast has to develop tourism in a competitive mood with other countries in the region and compete with countries around the globe. To do this, the Southeast needs different tourism products. Besides, there must be a force of businesses strong enough to link and develop tourism for the whole region,” said Dr. Tran Dinh Thien and said that when there are strong businesses to develop tourism in the whole region, they will leading to other industry chains, other localities to develop together.
Sy Tuyen (VNA/Vietnam+)
