Continue with more efforts to greet both domestic and international tourists

Phu Yen tourism has been putting on a new coat. The province has determined investment for developing tourism has become a significant economic sector of the province, also, to turn Phu Yen into an attractive, civilized and hospitable destination. As related to this issue, Phu Yen Newspaper interviewed Mr. Ho Van Tien, director of The Department of culture-sports-tourism.

Director of Phu Yen department of culture-sports-tourism, Mr. Ho Van Tien and the representative of Pegas travel agency during one time bringing Russian tourists to Phu Yen

* Like many other central South coastal provinces, Phu Yen has the great potentials and advantages in sea and island tourism as well as the system of particular cultural heritages (tangible and intangible. What are the orientations of Tourism sector in investing for exploiting these forms and products of tourism?

- It has been asserted in the Overall scheming for developing society-tourism of Phu Yen province to the year 2020; the Strategy for developing Vietnam tourism to the year 2020 and Vision to the year 2030, the general scheming for developing Vietnam tourism in the period of 2011-2020 and Vision to the year 2030, which has been approved by the Prime Minister, determination to construct Phu Yen into a new gateway to the East of the Central Highlands, striving to make the province turn into one of the large tourism centre in the region and the entire nation. Such areas to be developed into a national tourism zone are Da Dia Reef, O Loan Lagoon, Cu Mong lagoon, Xuan Dai bay and adjacent areas, Tu Nham beach…

Phu Yen provincial Party committee (term XV) has the conclusion numbered 78-KL/TU on developing Phu Yen tourism sector to the year 2015 and orientation to the year 2020; Phu Yen people’s council (term VI) has also issued the Resolution numbered 36/NQ-HDND on developing Phu Yen tourism in the period of 2011-2015 and orientation to the year 2020 and Vision 2020; the PPC has approved the scheme of developing the provincial tourism to the year 2020 and Vision to the year 2025. The targets of developing Phu Yen tourism in the period to the year 2015 and Orientation to the year 2020: gradually develop Phu Yen tourism sector into one of the significant striking points in the coordination for developing tourism among the Central Highlands provinces and the central South coastal region; striving to the year 2020, to have one national tourism zone in the area of Xuan Dai bay-Cu Mong lagoon-Tu Nham beach-Da Dia reef acknowledged the national tourism area; diversify the tourism products, develop tours with theme: sightseeing, sea relaxing; culture tourism, festivals, belief, cuisine, shopping; exploring and adventure tourism…

Tourists going on a sightseeing tour at the scenic spot cluster of Bai Mon-Mui Dien

* In the past time, the number of domestic and international tourists coming to Phu Yen is quite large with the annual proportion of 20%, and international tourists’ number increases nearly 40% annually. What solutions have been set to continue further attracting tourists to Phu Yen?

– Determining tourism the significant economic sector, we make further efforts to construct the brand name of Phu Yen tourism into an attractive and friendly destination, so as to nonstop attract tourisms from in and outside the country. Accordingly, Phu Yen tourism sector is going to implement the solutions, solution groups in a synchronous and breakthrough way, as the following details:

Firstly, invest in infrastructure, particularly the coastal traffic system, electricity, water, tourism quays…at the regions schemed for developing tourism, gradually forming some high ranking tourism zones, creating the breakthroughs in forms of relaxing tourism in Phu Yen province.

Secondly, coordinate with other sectors to speed up the rate of progress of investing in large projects having great impact on the province’s social-economic development as well as tourism development: the project of Ca pass tunnel; the project of Vung Ro oil refinery factory; the project of Bai Goc port; the project of cluster of tourism-relaxing in Vung Ro bay with the total investment capital of $2.5 billion invested by Rose Rock Group.

Thirdly, continue to develop and diversify the tourism products considered the strength of the province, namely: sea relaxing tourism products, eco-tourism products, traditional craft tourism culture tourism, MICE tourism…

Fourthly, conduct survey, constructing the short-day tours and well as long-day tours to serve international tourists (oriented at Russian tourists); coordinate with international tourism companies in HCMCity, Binh Thuan, Khanh Hoa and Da Nang…to bring Russian tourists to Phu Yen.

Fifthly, enhance the task of promoting, advertising tourism, constructing the brand name of “Phu Yen-an attractive and friendly destination”…

Sixthly, enhance the tourism human resources, with priorities given to the position of working directly like tourism skills in the sector of front desk, room service, food and beverages, tourist guides, hotel security, tourism curators…; organize intensive training courses, training Russian language.

The seventh point is to enhance the task of managing tourism environment, ensuring security and safety of tourists; the enterprises have to strictly implement the regulations in price list as stipulated, ensuring the fresh competition, supplying quality services at reasonable prices…

Source: Phu Yen NewspaperTranslated by HAI LOAN

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