Hanoi tourism offers advice for Ha Nam tourism to take off

That is the suggestion of Hanoi tourism businesses at the Conference on Promoting Investment and Tourism Development in Ha Nam Province" organized by Ha Nam province on the morning of October 18.

Information from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Nam shows that: currently, Ha Nam province is a locality with great tourism potential, close to important tourist destinations of the Red River Delta such as Huong Pagoda (Hanoi), Pho Hien (Hung Yen), Tran Temple (Nam Dinh), Bai Dinh - Trang An (Ninh Binh) ... with rich tourism resources. Ha Nam has many advantages to develop types of tourism such as: eco-tourism, golf, culture, in which, developing cultural tourism is an outstanding strength, especially at Tam Chuc national tourist area.

Tourism enterprises of the Hanoi Unesco Travel Club survey Cay Thi Pagoda (Ha Nam). Photo: Hoai Nam

In 2023, Ha Nam welcomed more than 4 million visitors, with total tourism revenue reaching more than 3,000 billion VND. In the first 9 months of 2024 alone, Ha Nam welcomed about 4.2 million visitors, with total tourism revenue reaching more than 3,200 billion VND. Thereby, contributing positively to the socio-economic development of the province, creating momentum to promote the development of many other industries and fields.

Ha Nam tourism is gradually affirming its brand as one of the attractive destinations for tourists. In 2023 and 2024, Ha Nam was honored by the World Travel Awards as “World’s Leading Local Cultural Destination” and “Asia’s Leading Emerging Tourist Destination”.

Although many tourists have chosen Ha Nam as a destination, according to experts, the number of tourists is not commensurate with the potential that Ha Nam has. The reason is that tourism infrastructure is still limited, tourism products are not rich and attractive, human resources do not meet development needs... making Ha Nam tourism unable to make a strong breakthrough on the Vietnamese tourism map.

Giving advice for Ha Nam tourism to take off, Vice President of the Unesco Hanoi Travel Club Nguyen Tuan Anh stated that to attract tourists, especially international tourists, to Ha Nam, the tourism industry needs to step up upgrading infrastructure such as hotels, restaurants and related services. To do this, Ha Nam province needs to have more mechanisms and policies on infrastructure and construction area, thereby attracting investment capital for the tourism industry.

Hanoi tourism businesses signed cooperation agreements with Ha Nam province at the conference. Photo: Hoai Nam

Agreeing with this opinion, Director of VietSense Travel Nguyen Van Tai said that to attract tourists, Ha Nam tourism needs to strengthen its connection with provinces and cities in the Northern Delta region. In particular, focusing on connecting with Hanoi, thereby building common tours suitable for each specific tourist flow. "Through building this connection, Ha Nam tourism will have the opportunity to exchange tourists with Hanoi and other localities," Mr. Nguyen Van Tai emphasized.

In order for Ha Nam tourism to take off and develop sustainably, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Le Phuc proposed many solutions. Accordingly, the province needs to increase promotion, especially on digital platforms. Organize tourism promotion with focus, key points, in line with the orientation of developing tourism products and brands.

In addition to implementing policies to encourage investment in tourism and infrastructure, Ha Nam needs to continue to promote its strengths, focus on developing unique tourism products associated with environmental protection, and preserve traditional cultural values. In particular, improve service quality, create impressive experiences for tourists. Along with that, develop smart tourism and exploit creative tourism models, combining cultural heritage and digital technology...

In response to the proposals of Hanoi tourism businesses, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Nam province Truong Quoc Huy said: in the coming time, Ha Nam is continuing to build traffic infrastructure connecting highways, along the routes there are trees, water surfaces to create landscapes and check-in needs for tourists; Increase investment resources to renovate spiritual works, form and develop high-quality agricultural tourism and craft villages; Focus on inviting investors to build high-class accommodation areas, high-quality sports, especially golf.

At the conference, a signing ceremony of cooperation agreements took place between Ha Nam province and Binh Dinh and Ha Giang provinces, along with corporations and enterprises investing in the economic and tourism sectors, the UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club, etc.

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