Intensifying tourism links between Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak

On August 18, in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism and Dak Lak Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism jointly organized a conference on tourism development cooperation between Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak in the period of 2023 - 2025. Attending the conference were Le Huu Hoang - Standing Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee; H'Yim Kdoh - Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee and leaders of tourism departments, agencies and businesses of the two provinces.

Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism and Dak Lak Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and tourism enterprises exchanged a memorandum of understanding.

At the conference, the tourism industry of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak introduced the potentials and strengths of tourism and typical tourist products of the two provinces. Leaders of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak provinces and tourism businesses agreed that Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak are contiguous, but have separate cultural identities, and tourism products are diverse and different. Therefore, it’s very convenient for the two provinces to cooperate. Khanh Hoa has the strength of sea and island tourism with a chain of stretching beaches, beautiful bays, world-class beach resorts, diverse and quality marine tourist products. Meanwhile, Dak Lak has the strength of mountain and forest eco-tourism with many hilly eco-tourism sites and sites, famous waterfalls and lakes, majestic landscapes, primeval forests with unique vast ecosystems and forests. Both of the provinces have developed other types of complementary tourist products such as entertainment tourism, community tourism, cultural and spiritual tourism, medical tourism, adventure tourism. ... Besides, there are favorable conditions for road traffic connection between the two provinces, especially the Nha Trang - Buon Ma Thuot expressway which is being invested and built and will be put into operation in the near future," said Le. Huu Hoang affirmed.

Speaking at the conference, many tourism businesses in Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa highly appreciated the potential of tourism linkages between the two provinces, and hoped that the two provinces' tourism industries would promote linkages to promote the potential benefits tourism advantages of the two provinces, especially promoting the advantages of Dak Lak. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh - Chairman of the Board of Directors cum Director of Ko Tam Community Tourism Joint Stock Company said that the tourism industry of the two provinces should promote tourism linkages, especially links to attract tourists from the North and international tourists traveling on the Dak Lak - Khanh Hoa route. Similarly, Nguyen Quang Thang - Director of Tictours International Travel Co., Ltd assessed that Dak Lak's tourist products are very suitable for the needs of international visitors, then inn the coming time, the company will connect tourism products characterized by mountains and forests of the Central Highlands with sea and island products of Khanh Hoa tourism to serve international guests.

Connecting blue sea with great forest

According to a report by the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association, over the past time, the tourism of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak has had a close connection to exploit local tourism as well as create tourist products to attract domestic and international tourists. However, the tourism link between Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak is still not commensurate with the potential. In the coming time, the tourism industry of the two provinces will focus on implementing solutions to improve the efficiency of tourism development links. “We will actively coordinate with the Department of Tourism  as well as tourism businesses of the two provinces to survey, design and build a unique mountain and sea linking tour between Khanh Hoa - Dak Lak, from then, we may make joint publications to promote in key domestic and foreign tourist markets; jointly welcome foreign famtrip and presstrip delegations to introduce and promote tourism products, restoring the international tourist market to the two provinces", said Hoang Van Vinh - Chairman of Nha Trang  - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association shared. In addition, the Department of Tourism and the Tourism Association of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak mobilized service and tourism businesses in the two provinces to commit to improving the quality of services to serve tourists and discounts on travel services to attract tourists.

Le Huu Hoang - Standing Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee presents souvenirs to leaders of Dak Lak province.

Noting comments at the conference, Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee H'Yim Kdoh suggested that, after this conference, the tourism industries of the two provinces need develop a specific action plan on tourism linkages, in which it is necessary to build a special tour/tourist route of high quality; promotional activities to attract domestic and international visitors to the two provinces. “We are looking forward to Khanh Hoa's support in tourism linkages in order for international visitors to Khanh Hoa continue to go to Dak Lak, know more about Dak Lak" said H'Yim Kdoh.

Concluding the conference, Le Huu Hoang highly appreciated the significance of the tourism development cooperation conference between Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak provinces. Le Huu Hoang assigned Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism to actively coordinate with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dak Lak province to research and deploy the contents of cooperation cooperation in tourism development, in which it is necessary to focus on the exchange of experiences. cooperation on the state management of tourism; coordinate in building, exploiting and developing linked tourism products between Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa province suitable for international and domestic tourists. Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association presides over and coordinates with tourism businesses in the province to participate in promoting Dak Lak's cultural, sports and tourism programs and events to the people. , tourists in the province; have policies to encourage and attract people of Dak Lak province to visit and relax in Khanh Hoa and vice versa… On behalf of the leaders of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak, Le Huu Hoang also called on tourism businesses in the two main provinces. Innovating and improving the quality of tourism products in association with the cooperation with local tourism associations in promoting and coordinating tourism connection between each other...

At the conference, Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism and Dak Lak Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism discussed and agreed to sign a cooperation agreement to develop tourism in the period of 2023 - 2025 with 5 cooperation contents including cooperation in State management; cooperation in the development of tourism products; cooperation in propaganda, promotion and promotion of tourism; cooperation calling for investment; and cooperation in fostering and training tourism human resources. On this occasion, Green Bazan Travel Service Trading Company Limited (Dak Lak) and Ana Marina Nha Trang Joint Stock Company (Khanh Hoa) signed a cooperation contract on connecting tours and tourist routes; Phu Xuan Construction Company Limited, Elephants Hotel (Dak Lak) and Viet Promotion Tourism and Service Company Limited (Khanh Hoa) signed a contract to link services.

Xuan Thanh

Translated by T.T