Khanh Hoa strives to fully tap maritime tourism potential
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has taken a wide range of solutions to promote the development of cruise ship tourism – seen as potential and an advantage of the locality.
Khanh Hoa strives to fully tap maritime tourism potential (Photo: thanhnien.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The central coastal province of KhanhHoa has taken a wide range of solutions to promote the development of cruiseship tourism – seen as potential and an advantage of the locality.
According to Director of the provincial Department ofTourism Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Khanh Hoa has become an attractive destination in theitinerary of international cruise ships.
Since March this year, the province has welcomed five cruise ships which carried nearly4,000 passengers.
The strong rebound in number of high-spending cruiseship tourists from many countries around the world to the locality shows a positivesign, affirming the attraction of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa, Thanh said.
Ponagar tower in Khanh Hoa (Photo: VNA)
Tour operators for cruise ship visiting Nha Trang-KhanhHoa often tours to popular destinations such as Long Son pagoda, Ponagar tower, Truong Son craft village; and those to explore Cai river and the countrysidearound Nha Trang. Travelers can also learn to cook local dishes.
Experts said cruise ship tourism in Khanh Hoa has not developed to a level matching the locality’s potential and existing advantages.
According to the Nha Trang Port JSC, Nha Trang is expecting toserve over 30 cruise ships in 2023, including many carrying 2,000 - 4,000passengers each.
The local tourism sector has focused on developing newtourism products, building and upgrading infrastructure facilities, andimproving the quality of tourism services as well as labour force servingtourism.
The province has proposed the Government to have mechanisms toattract investment to transport infrastructure development serving the tourismdevelopment in three key areas in Khanh Hoa, namely Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, and VanPhong.
The locality has paid attention to accelerating the administrativereform to make it easier for cruise ships to enter or leave international ports.
This year, the Khanh Hoa tourism sector targets to welcomeabout 4 million tourists, including 1.5 million international ones, and get arevenue of 21 trillion VND (885.5 million USD).
In the first two months of the year, the province welcomedmore than 573,000 visitors, earning nearly 3.3 trillion VND, more than 3 timesthe amount the same period last year./.
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Khanh Hoa strives to fully tap maritime tourism potential (Photo: thanhnien.vn) 
Ponagar tower in Khanh Hoa (Photo: VNA) 
