On the afternoon of December 26, in Dong Nai province, provinces and cities in the Southeast region reviewed the implementation of the cooperation agreement on tourism development in 2024.
Localities in the Southeast region include: Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Tay Ninh and Binh Phuoc.
According to the assessment, the implementation of the tourism cooperation agreement in the Southeast region in 2024 still has limitations that need to be focused on in the coming time. Some key tourism projects of localities are behind schedule due to problems with compensation, site clearance, land policies, and incomplete specialized laws, affecting the tourism development of the region.
Provinces and cities in the Southeast region have not yet had a price stimulus policy or promotion that is strong enough to attract travel companies to offer attractive package tours. Although tourism products have been improved, they are not outstanding, lacking modern, international-scale entertainment, resort, shopping, and culinary complexes.
Regarding the results achieved, in 2024, localities in the Southeast region welcomed nearly 74 million visitors, an increase of 12.6% over the same period in 2023. Of which, more than 67 million were domestic visitors and more than 6.7 million were international visitors.
The region's total tourism revenue in 2024 will reach more than VND215,000 billion, an increase of 18.8% over the same period in 2023.
At the conference, leaders of provinces and cities in the Southeast region agreed to focus on removing difficulties and obstacles of development projects by 2025 to soon deploy investment and create products to contribute to promoting tourism development in each locality and contributing to the tourism development of the Southeast region.
In the conference program, implementing the policy of promoting the application of 4.0 technology in promoting tourism, introducing destinations of Dong Nai province and the Southeast region, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dong Nai province coordinated with Thang Long Digital Joint Stock Company to build a smart interactive map, digitizing 360 tourist destinations.
The virtual reality tourism experience space has brought impressive experiences and received a lot of positive feedback from the attending delegates.
This is considered a new solution to convey the beauty of the cultural and artistic life of Vietnamese people in general and inspire tourists through intuitive and authentic experiences, contributing to promoting and improving tourism promotion in Dong Nai in particular and the Southeast region in general.
Mr. Nguyen Son Hung - Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee, said that the locality always accompanies, supports, and creates the most favorable conditions for investors in tourism and tourism real estate business to develop, best exploit internal resources and maximize external resources for investment and development.
