On December 19, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) held a conference in person (in Hanoi) and online to assess the implementation of Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector and implementing the 2017 Tourism Law.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Phong and Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh co-chaired the conference.
In his opening speech, Deputy Minister Ho An Phong emphasized that Resolution 08-NQ/TU of the Politburo issued on January 16, 2017 on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector and the 2017 Tourism Law are important development policies and orientations of the Party and State to develop tourism commensurate with its potential and strengths and turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector of the country.
The conference is a step in the process of overall assessment of the implementation of Resolution 08 and the enforcement of the Law on Tourism. Based on practice, creating a development corridor, creating for development. From there, continue to propose the Party's policies and viewpoints on tourism development, so that tourism truly becomes a spearhead economic sector.
Deputy Minister Ho An Phong said that it is expected that during the 2026-2031 National Assembly term, the Law on Tourism will be amended to create a favorable legal environment for tourism development.
Reporting on the implementation of Resolution 08 and the enforcement of the 2017 Tourism Law, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Pham Van Thuy said that this is the first time the Politburo has issued a separate resolution on tourism development, demonstrating the high determination of the Party and State in strategic orientation for the development of Vietnam's tourism.
After more than 7 years of implementation, Vietnam tourism has achieved some remarkable results. The number of international tourists has continuously grown at a high rate.
The growth of the industry has had a spillover effect on many other industries and fields; created economic restructuring, boosted exports...
Besides the positive contributions of the tourism industry, Mr. Thuy also pointed out the limitations and shortcomings. Currently, the awareness of all levels, sectors and localities about the task of developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector is still uneven.
According to Mr. Thuy, to remove the difficulties and limitations in developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector, there needs to be a priority breakthrough in the process and procedures for building, amending, supplementing, and promulgating legal documents.
At the conference, local tourism management agencies and tourism businesses discussed many contents on implementing Resolution 08, Law on Tourism 2017 and proposed some solutions for implementation in the coming time.
The tourism industry aims to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2025. Vietnam will become an attractive destination with high tourism development potential globally.
Strive to welcome 22-23 million international visitors; 130 million domestic visitors, maintain domestic visitor growth rate of 8-9%/year. Directly contribute 6-8% to GDP. Accommodation demand: about 1.1 million rooms. Job creation: 5.5 million jobs, of which about 1.8 million are direct jobs.
By 2030, tourism will be a key economic sector, increasing its contribution to GDP and developing towards green growth. Vietnam will become an attractive destination with the world's leading tourism development capacity, basically meeting the requirements and goals of sustainable development.
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