Hai Phong develops tourism into spearhead economic sector
The northern port city of Hai Phong is striving to make tourism a spearhead economic sector and turn itself into one of the nation’s key tourism destinations.
Hai Phong (VNA) – The northernport city of Hai Phong is striving to make tourism a spearhead economic sector andturn itself into one of the nation’s key tourism destinations.
According to the municipal People’sCommittee’s action programme on tourism development from 2017 – 2020 with avision through 2030, the city hopes to receive 8 million tourists and earn 3.5trillion VND (154 million USD) with expected annual average growth rates of 8.2percent and 8.9 percent, respectively.
The city has invested in and broughtinto use an international wharf and developed Cat Bai island into a nationaltourism destination with smart and environmentally-friendly ecotourism models.
By 2025, Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba island complexis hoped to be recognised by UNESCO as the world’s natural heritage while CatBa island will become an international tourism destination, and Do Son districta national tourism area.
By 2030, Hai Phong aims to become a nationaltourism hub, with Do Son district and Cat Ba island able to compete withregional and international tourism sites.
To that end, Hai Phong has focused effortsto raise the awareness among local authorities, sectors and people of theimportance of tourism development. The tourism sector will also be restructuredto ensure sustainable development in the market-oriented economy andinternational integration.
Favourable policies will be developedto support tourism investment and development.
According to Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Le Khac Nam, relevant bodies have been assignedwith specific tasks in implementing the targets under the action programme.
Over the past three years, Hai Phonghas gained positive achievements in tourism development thanks to its potentialsand favourable traffic infrastructure.
In the first ten months this year, thecity received nearly 5.7 million visitors, up 14.4 percent year on year.-VNA
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Ha Long Bay (Photo VNA) 
