Draft plan to develop tourism asked to submit before September 24
According to the recent information released by the Office of the Government on Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue’s decision at a meeting to discuss a draft project on developing the tourism sector, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was required to submit the draft project to Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc before September 24, 2016.
According to draft master plan to develop the tourism sector by 2020, tourism has been set to become the country’s key economic sector.
Under the master plan, tourism is hoped a key economic sector by 2020, attracting 15 million international tourists and 75 domestic ones, contributing 10 percent to the country’s GDP.
Total revenue from the sector is expected to reach 32.5 billion USD during the 2015-2020 period
Under the decision, Deputy PM Hue instructed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to coordinate with the office to complete the draft project, including an evaluation of the sector’s pros and cons, especially in infrastructure, environment, products and manpower.
It is time to raise awareness and change the mindset about developing tourism, which must be treated following market rules, according to the Deputy PM.
He also stressed proper policies and mechanisms for tourism development and requested restructuring measures for the sector between 2016-2020 focused on three key areas, including completing tourism development policies, boosting manpower and devising incentives to attract investment in the area.
Deputy PM Hue asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to submit the draft project to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc before September 24, 2016.
According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam received more than 6.45 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of this year, increasing by 25.4 percent against the same period last year.
Chinese visitors topped the list with more than 1.75 million holiday-makers, followed by the Republic of Korea with more than one million visitors and Japan with 482,358 tourists.
The number of domestic tourists in the period was 43.1 million arrivals, a 22.5 percent year-on-year growth.
Under the master plan, tourism is hoped a key economic sector by 2020, attracting 15 million international tourists and 75 domestic ones, contributing 10 percent to the country’s GDP.
Total revenue from the sector is expected to reach 32.5 billion USD during the 2015-2020 period
Under the decision, Deputy PM Hue instructed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to coordinate with the office to complete the draft project, including an evaluation of the sector’s pros and cons, especially in infrastructure, environment, products and manpower.
It is time to raise awareness and change the mindset about developing tourism, which must be treated following market rules, according to the Deputy PM.
He also stressed proper policies and mechanisms for tourism development and requested restructuring measures for the sector between 2016-2020 focused on three key areas, including completing tourism development policies, boosting manpower and devising incentives to attract investment in the area.
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According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam received more than 6.45 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of this year, increasing by 25.4 percent against the same period last year.
Chinese visitors topped the list with more than 1.75 million holiday-makers, followed by the Republic of Korea with more than one million visitors and Japan with 482,358 tourists.
The number of domestic tourists in the period was 43.1 million arrivals, a 22.5 percent year-on-year growth.
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