Kien Hai island a major tourist attraction in Kien Giang province
Stunning landscapes, gorgeous white sand beaches, coupled with standout culture and excellent seafood have made Kien Hai island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang an irresistible tourist destination.
Kien Giang (VNA) – Stunning landscapes, gorgeous white sand beaches,coupled with standout culture and excellent seafood have made Kien Hai islandin the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang an irresistible tourist destination.
From the outset of the year, the island welcomed over 311,000 arrivals, surgingover 82 percent from the same time last year. The number of visitors isexpected to shoot up in the coming time, especially on the National Day(September 2), mid-autumn festival, Christmas, and New Year Festival.
Locating in the southwestern waters, Kien Hai has 23 big and small islands, 11of which are inhabited. Thanks to its huge potential, the island district istargeting to turn tourism into its spearhead economy, serving as a drivingforce to promote the development of other sectors and improve locallivelihoods.
According to Chairman of the district People’s Committee Huynh Hoang Son, thelocality has great advantage to branch out discovery tourism, resort tourism,eco-tourism, hiking, kayaking and water sports, among others.
For years, the district has invested heavily in socio-economic and tourisminfrastructure while calling for investment from major corporations andencouraging local households to develop tourism. To date, the district has 135accommodation facilities with nearly 1,150 rooms, and 40 tourist boats meetingdemand of the visitors.
Standout tourism products have been built, with tours connected to famousdestinations in the Mekong Delta region and Ho Chi Minh City, Son said, addingdue attention has been paid to improving quality of tourism human resources andprotecting the environment.-VNA
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang plans to spend 17 billion VND (around 734,000 USD) on organizing investment, trade and tourism promotion activities both at home and abroad in 2019.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has asked authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to fully tap its potential and strengths, especially in agriculture and tourism, in order to well perform tasks and orientations set for the locality in 2019.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang for its impressive progress during a local ceremony on July 29 to award the locality with the first-class Independence Order.
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A corner of Kien Hai island (Photo: VNA) 
