PM urges Ca Mau to unlock potential for tourism development
Ca Mau province should tap its potential for responsible, eco and community-based tourism in order to help the local sector develop sustainably, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 10.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (middle) at the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)
CaMau (VNA) – Ca Mau province should tap its potential forresponsible, eco and community-based tourism in order to help the local sectordevelop sustainably, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 10.
Addressingthe opening ceremony of a culture-tourism week in Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mauprovince, on December 10, the leader asked the Mekong Delta province to focuson preserving and promoting the values of its ecosystem, and utilize theadvantages of its World Biosphere Reserve for tourism development andscientific research.
Healso applauded the achievements Ca Mau’s Party Committee, authorities andpeople have recorded over the years.
Thelocality welcomed more than 1.24 million holidaymakers in 2018, up 16 percentagainst the previous year, and earned over 2.2 trillion VND (95 million USD)from the sector.
Thenumber of tourists to the province is expected to reach nearly 1.7 million thisyear, he said.
Theleader said that restructuring the economy and spurring tourism and service developmentare sustainable steps towards adapting to climate change in the Mekong Delta.
NguyenTien Hai, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the programmecreates an opportunity for investors and businesses to exchange experience andpropose breakthroughs to help Ca Mau’s tourism sector to connect with otherlocalities nationwide and in the Mekong Delta region, while bringing Vietnamand other regional countries closer together.
Duringthe event, Ca Mau will showcase typical products of the submerged ecosystem, hesaid.
The flag pole (Photo: VNA)
Onthe occasion, Ca Mau held a ceremony to inaugurate a 149 billion VND flag towerthat imitates the one in Hanoi and was a gift from the capital’s Party,authorities and people. /.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau is calling for investment in two tourism projects worth 1.2 trillion (52.7 million USD) in Dat Mui (Cape Ca Mau) tourism area, and along the Trem River.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (middle) at the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
The flag pole (Photo: VNA) 
