Over 10 years, cooperation program for tourism development between Ho Chi Minh City and Khanh Hoa Province has made positive results on tourism of the two localities...
Over 10 years, cooperation program for tourism development between Ho Chi Minh City and Khanh Hoa Province has made positive results on tourism of the two localities.
In end 2014, the project of Sai Gon – Cam Ranh Tourist Site of Saigontourist started construction in Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Area. Invested VND1,400 billlion, Sai Gon – Cam Ranh Tourist Site is set up on an area of 20 hectares as a 5-star one. General Director of Saigontourist Tran Hung Viet said, “Sai Gon – Cam Ranh Tourist Site is one of the projects aiming to concretize the cooperation program for tourism development between Ho Chi Minh City and Khanh Hoa Province as well as exploit potentials of Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Area.”
At Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2015, from 26 to 29 March, Khanh Hoa had 7 tourist businesses joining the event. According to Director of the provincial Tourism Promotion Information Center Luyen Manh Cuong, statistics show that 60% of visitors to Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa are from Ho Chi Minh City; therefore, tourist businesses always pay much care to this market. Le Dung Lam, director of Long Phu Tourist Company, “We take part in tourist fairs and festivals in Ho Chi Minh City every year to advertise our tourist products. At present, tourists from Ho Chi Minh City make up about 25% of the total arrivals to our tourist sites.”
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Obviously, to make commitments in the cooperation program to become reality, the two sides have done specific actions such as organizing exchanges to raise management ability in tourism, and surveying tourist routes to organize tours. The coordination between the two locations has become closer. For example, Saigontourist and Tan Hong Travel Co., Ltd. based in Ho Chi Minh City have jointly welcomed cruise tourists in Khanh Hoa, or travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City have brought guests to hotels in the province. Many big travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City have opened branches in Nha Trang. Two departments of culture, sports and tourism have hosted famtrip groups to survey markets, tours, tourist products, destinations, and investment opportunities. Many projects of investors from Ho Chi Minh City like Thap Ba Hot Spring, Yasaka-Saigon-Nhatrang Hotel, Novotel Nha Trang, Havana Nha Trang, InterContinental Nha Trang, Hon Tam Merperl, etc. have made many contributions to tourism in Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa.
According to director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Truong Dang Tuyen, during the time of the cooperation program, the two locations have ensured targets and principles in cooperation. Tourism promotion has been strengthened more; the number of visitors has increased more and more; many investors have poured into the two locations; employees in tourism have given good training. The result is thanks to the support of the authorities, the coordination among industries, and especially the combinations between enterprises of the two localities.
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