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Quang Ninh seeks to draw more tourists
The northern province of Quang Ninh needs to tailor plans for luxury and mass
tourism, invest in clean energy, develop tourism products and engage in human
resource training to attract more tourists, a conference heard on September 14.
At a workshop held by the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF), the
Viet Nam National University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities'
Tourism faculty director, Tran Thi Minh Hoa said that just 500,000 tourists had
visited Quang Ninh Province in 2000.
In 2009, the figure had grown to 2.7 million tourists or 71.9 per cent of the
country's visitors and the province was now one of Viet Nam's four major tourism
centres, she said.
Quang Ninh was one of the country's four tourism centres and home to
world-famous Ha Long Bay, twice recognised by UNESCO for its landscapes and
geological values, said Hoa.
Environment
Philippine delegate Dr Milagros C. Espina of the University of San Jose
Recoletos and a member of the Cebu City Tourism Commission addressed the forum
on the War on Waste (WOW) programme designed to manage and protect natural
resources.
Dr Espina emphasised that a destination with a well-protected environment would
attract more tourists.
The success of the WOW programme would encourage other EATOF member countries to
participate in similar activities to reduce the threat of climate change, he
said.
Dr Espina said EATOF must have a strong and comprehensive policy to protect the
environment while it also needed a programme to support countries or people
affected by climate change.
The forum also discussed rural tourism in Indonesia; tourism education in
Mongolia to match demographic change; a heightened role in local communities in
developing sustainable tourism; the feasibility of combining education and
tourism and underwater tourism.
Regional links
The forum's Chartered Flight and Cruise Committee established to foster
regional tourism through the strengthening of air and sea links between member
countries also met on Sept.14.
It is also tasked with collating flight and cruise schedules.
Its 40 members are drawn from tourist, airline and transport company offices and
State agencies.
World Tourism Organisation representative Garry Kingshott described the trend
and prospects for low-cost transport in Asia, and how it could be used to
support regional tourism.
Participants also discussed the promotion and advertising of chartered flights
and cruises and committee regulations and operations.
The East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF)'s members are Indonesia,
Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, Mongolia and Viet Nam..
Source: VNS |
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