On March 13, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Minh Tuan chaired a meeting with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (VHTTDL) to listen to a report on tourism development in Dong Thap province.
The leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism reported the results of tourism development in the period of 2020 - 2025 and implementation solutions for the period of 2025 - 2030.
Accordingly, in the coming time, Dong Thap will strengthen coordination with sectors and localities in tourism orientation and development to have tourism products associated with the strengths of each locality, creating attractiveness for tourism in the province; focusing on developing products in some tourist destinations; applying science and technology, information technology in statistics, reporting, promotion, communication; building a set of green tourism criteria for Dong Thap province; completing a tourism map...
Mr. Tuan suggested that the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism review and evaluate the effectiveness of tourism models and products to have appropriate development solutions; focus on building tourism products with unique characteristics, positioning the identity and strengths of the province, in order to create differences, attract tourists; enhance connectivity and linkage of tour tours inside and outside the province.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to study and propose mechanisms and policies to attract investment in tourism development; review the organization of festivals, ensure the promotion of identity associated with tourism development; urgently summarize and quickly complete the Tourism Development Project to serve as a basis for implementation in the coming period...
In the period of 2021 - 2024, the total number of tourists in Dong Thap reached more than 18 million, total revenue was more than 8,500 billion VND, an average increase of 15%/year.
