Expanding tourism space and adding diverse experiences are activities that the Co To tourism industry is actively implementing to attract tourists in the summer of 2024.
Preparing for the tourist season, from the beginning of 2024, Co To has started with many exciting activities such as the Sea Kayak Race, the Thanh Lan Commune Sea Opening Festival, the boat race connecting island districts and many cultural and sports activities on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Co To island district such as the 30 km record swimming race on Co To sea, a beautiful photo exhibition about Co To and many special art programs, gathering many famous singers and artists.
Co To continues to promote and improve the quality of visits to 3 islands, unique diving tours in Thanh Lan island; sea-viewing tours on boats and canoes; a day as a fisherman; walking, climbing mountains to visit and explore pristine beaches and sedimentary rocks; exploring small islands combined with activities to collect trash to protect the environment.
Along with that, helping tourists enjoy the pristine quiet space and new experiences... is the direction that Co To is implementing in a series of 7 newly registered tourism products.
Typical activities include overnight camping on Thanh Lan beach, exploring the pristine paradise of the 7-star island, watching the sunset on Love beach, experiencing the "Truong Sa" of the Northeast on Tran island, cycling to experience Co To at night, healing tourism...
Not only that, this summer when coming to Co To, tourists will have the opportunity to experience digital. That is the experience of sightseeing through automatic commentary on tourist electric cars, experiencing destinations through a 360-degree VR virtual reality system. At the same time, 3D digital map utilities, the updated tourism website Cototourism.vn help tourists look up and guide their travel more easily.
The district also organizes many tourism promotion activities by inviting KOLs (influencers) to experience Co To tourism, farmtrip groups widely introduce on social networks, and attract tourists to participate in tourism fairs.
For the international tourism market, Co To cooperates with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to welcome farmtrips and international press to promote Co To; participate in large and prestigious international tourism fair events such as ITE Ho Chi Minh 2023, International Tourism Fair in Da Nang or Can Tho...; promote strongly on famous tourism websites such as: Tripadvisor, Booking or Traveloka...
Scuba diving and many new tourism products will be deployed by Co To district in 2024, promising to bring many new experiences to visitors.
This year's 2024 tourist season, in addition to increasing the number of high-speed trains, visitors to Co To will also find it easier to travel via Hai Au seaplanes, which operate with a journey of only about 35 minutes, helping visitors admire the majestic beauty of the landmarks in Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay.
The district also creates the best conditions for travel agencies and international tourists to visit (international tourists to the island do not need to apply for a permit). At the same time, the district is reviewing and improving the quality of tourism infrastructure; strengthening inspection activities, popularizing the operation of the "hotline"... to protect tourists' rights and maintain a healthy tourism environment.
Located in the Northeast of Quang Ninh province, Co To island district has a natural area of over 47 km2, a population of about 6,700 people, with more than 30 large and small islands; of which, the 3 largest islands are Co To, Thanh Lan and Tran island (also known as Chan island or Chang Tay).
This is one of the outposts, with an extremely important position in terms of politics, economics, defense, security and foreign affairs... in the Northeast sea of the Fatherland.
Co To has the ancient name of Chang Son (Chang Mountain). Since ancient times, this place has been a shelter for boats and fishermen in the Northeast sea, but has not become a settlement because it is always harassed by pirates.
In 1832, Hai An Governor Nguyen Cong Tru asked the court to establish villages and communes and assign people to manage and guard against invaders from the sea. After peace was restored in the North (1954), our Party and State advocated the establishment of a district-level administrative unit on Co To Island.
On May 9, 1961, President Ho Chi Minh visited Co To and this was the first place to erect a full-body statue of President Ho while he was still alive.
The terrain in Co To is tectonic: the middle part is high, surrounded by hills, low mountains and narrow fields, along the islands there are sandy beaches, rocky beaches and small bays, the land is mainly phelarite soil on sandstone. The economic model of Co To island district is agriculture-forestry-fishery and tourism services, in which the main focus is on fishing and seafood processing.
Currently, Co To focuses on developing tourism services and this sector is gradually affirming its leading role in the economic structure, as this place is considered an attractive tourist destination with the wild beauty of clear water beaches, gentle shores and a tropical primeval forest ecosystem that is almost completely preserved.
Co To sea area is also considered the leading biodiversity area in Vietnam with the presence of many typical ecosystems of tropical seas, including concentrated coral reef ecosystems.
In the coming time, on the basis of continuing to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the Resolution of the 8th Central Committee (12th tenure) on the Strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045 and the overall development of Quang Ninh province, Co To will focus on developing in the direction of openness, integration, with a long-term vision, appropriate steps, ensuring rapid, effective and sustainable development.
Co To will attract resources for focused investment and development of advantageous industries. Focus on synchronous infrastructure construction; implement preferential and open mechanisms and policies to attract investors to develop production and business on the island.
At the same time, take economic development as the basis to strengthen national defense, security, protect the area and take national defense and security as the premise for economic development, strive to turn Co To into a "National-level sea and island eco-tourism resort" and also an extremely important outpost for national defense and security in the Northeast sea of the Fatherland.
TN (according to Vietnam+)Source
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