Recently, the number of domestic tourists to Kien Giang province, especially Phu Quoc, has tended to decrease sharply. Many businesses, travel services, hotels, and restaurants on the Pearl Island have identified 2024 as a year with few domestic tourists. High airfares have made tourists "indifferent" to Phu Quoc.
Strengthening promotion to bring tourists to Pearl Island
Speaking to reporters of the Economic and Urban Newspaper, Ms. Quang Xuan Lua - Director of the Center for Promotion, Investment, Trade and Tourism of Kien Giang province said: The unit is developing a plan to organize "Phu Quoc Tourism Week 2024" expected to be held from May 30 to June 3.
“This event is an opportunity for businesses and tourism service providers from provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta to meet, introduce and promote tourism products.
In addition, Phu Quoc Tourism Week 2024 will be held with many activities such as: exhibitions, culinary festivals of Phu Quoc's typical dishes; commercial area introducing products with 80 to 100 booths, fish sauce festival and cultural and sports activities such as tourism Yoga; Phu Quoc tourism marathon...
In addition, the Kien Giang Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center will participate in a booth to display, introduce images, promote local tourism products and services at the Vietnam International Tourism Fair - VITM Hanoi 2024 from April 11 to 14 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from April 4 to 7 to introduce tourism products and services to domestic and foreign tourists, stimulate domestic tourism during the April 30 holiday and summer 2024...
Build multiple tourism products
Talking to reporters of Kinh te va Do thi newspaper, Mr. Bui Quoc Thai - Director of Kien Giang Department of Tourism said: The Department continues to implement the Rural Tourism Development Program in the construction of new rural areas in the period of 2021 - 2025; develop rural tourism associated with the OCOP Program, develop community tourism; develop traditional industry products associated with provincial tourism. Deploy the implementation plan of the Project "Restructuring the tourism industry to meet the requirements of development into a spearhead economic sector" in the period of 2021 - 2025.
In addition, develop a plan for cooperation and linkage to develop tourism in the Western Mekong Delta in 2024 and a plan to implement the agreement on cooperation and linkage to develop tourism between 13 provinces/cities in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City in 2024....
On March 29, in Can Tho City, Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper in collaboration with the Mekong Delta Tourism Association and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City will co-organize the Workshop "Building and developing tours, routes and unique tourism products in the Mekong Delta".
The purpose of the workshop is to evaluate and find solutions to build and develop tours, routes and specific tourism products in the Mekong Delta to actively contribute to developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector.
At the same time, analyze the advantages, potentials, opportunities and challenges in the tourism business to find solutions for management approaches. Coordinate between management units, tourism service businesses and tourist destinations, ensuring effective implementation of tour programs, tourism routes and experiences of unique tourism products in the Mekong Delta.
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