In the first 10 months of 2024, Thanh Hoa welcomed 14.7 million visitors, and is expected to welcome more than 15.3 million visitors by the end of December 2024, 3 times higher than 10 years ago.
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Thanh Hoa is considered a 'miniature Vietnam', possessing all types of terrain, ecosystems and plains, mountains, midlands and coastal areas. In particular, among the 1,535 historical and cultural relics and scenic spots that have been inventoried and protected, there is 1 world cultural heritage; 5 special national relics; 139 national relics and 711 provincial relics... Along with that, the locality also has up to 102km of coastline, with many beautiful beaches, famous nationwide such as: Sam Son; Hai Tien; Hai Hoa...
With the goal of turning tourism into a spearhead economic sector and Thanh Hoa into a national tourism center, in recent times, the province has focused on planning and attracting investment capital for technical infrastructure to develop tourism.
According to the report of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa province, the total number of tourism business investment projects in the province to date is 82 projects with a total registered capital of about 153 trillion VND. Among them, there are large-scale projects with synchronous and high-quality service systems that have been and are being implemented such as: Sea Square Project, Festival Landscape Axis (Sam Son City); Hot Mineral Resort Urban Area in Quang Yen Commune; Quang Nham Hotel Complex, Commercial Center; Flamingo Linh Truong Marine Eco-tourism and Resort Area...
Thanks to effective investment and a clear tourism development strategy, Thanh Hoa province has initially reaped many 'sweet fruits' with very specific figures. In 2022, Thanh Hoa welcomed over 11 million visitors (245 thousand international visitors), with total tourism revenue estimated at 20,038 billion VND, ranking fourth in the country in attracting tourists; in 2023, the province welcomed nearly 12.5 million visitors (616 thousand international visitors), with total revenue reaching 24,505 billion VND; in the first 10 months of 2024, the province welcomed nearly 14.7 million tourists ( 611 thousand international visitors) , with total revenue from tourism reaching more than 32,440 billion VND. From the above figures, it can be seen that the change in both quantity and quality of Thanh Hoa's smokeless industry is very clear.
In the past, when tourism development infrastructure was limited and tourism was fragmented and small-scale, being ranked in the top 10 or top 20 in terms of number of visitors and total tourism revenue was a great success for the local government.
Mr. Pham Nguyen Hong - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa said: After 10 years, since 2014, Thanh Hoa has had a strong rise with methodical investment in tourism, attracting many businesses and investors with great potential to Thanh Hoa. Taking the time frame in 2014, when the whole province only welcomed 4.5 million visitors, up to now, the number has increased 3 times, reaching 14.7 million visitors in 10 months of 2024 and by the end of 2024, this number is expected to exceed 15.3 million visitors to Thanh Hoa.
In particular, in the past 3 years, after each holiday, Thanh Hoa has always appeared in the top 3 localities attracting the most tourists nationwide. For example, during the April 30 - May 1 holidays of the past 3 years, Thanh Hoa has continuously led the country with specific numbers of 577,400 visitors in 2022; 1,195,000 visitors in 2023 and 1,520,000 visitors in 2024.
Clear development strategy and direction
On October 15, Thanh Hoa province held a conference to listen to the draft report on the implementation results of the Thanh Hoa Province Tourism Development Program (CTPTDL) for the period of 2021-2025; objectives, tasks, and main solutions for tourism development in Thanh Hoa province for the period of 2026-2030. Accordingly, in the period of 2021-2025, 2/4 tourism target groups achieved and exceeded the plan, including the target group on accommodation establishments and tourism workers. By September 2024, the whole province had 1,300 motels and hotels, with a total of 48,600 rooms and 57,800 workers in the tourism industry. According to the report, in the period of 2021-2025, the whole province is estimated to welcome over 58.2 million visitors, with total tourism revenue estimated at 128,886 billion VND.
From 2021 to present, the budget for implementing tasks from the CTPTDL source is more than 213 billion VND, implementing groups of tasks such as developing tourism products of nearly 121.5 billion VND, promoting tourism of more than 69 billion VND... Up to now, the whole province has 57 plans to serve tourism development, of which 48 plans have been approved and 9 plans are being researched. Currently, in the province, there are 190 projects for preserving, repairing, restoring and embellishing relics that have been agreed upon and approved for investment policy, with a total investment of more than 4,500 billion VND.
Regarding tourism infrastructure, the province currently has 70 projects, of which 47 have been completed and 23 are under implementation. A number of large-scale projects have been completed or newly started, with the value of connecting tourist areas in the province, creating favorable conditions for tourists to visit tourist areas, destinations, and scenic spots. Along with that, tourism products and services have been developed in a professional direction, initially forming high-end tourism products such as: sea tourism, cultural - historical - spiritual tourism, community eco-tourism, craft tourism, traditional craft villages, developing agricultural farms combined with tourism development, exploiting the waterway tourism route Hai Tien - Dao Ne (Hoang Hoa), Nghi Son - Dao Me (Nghi Son town) ...
Mr. Nguyen Van Thi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Tourism Development of Thanh Hoa province said: It is necessary to re-evaluate all the shortcomings and limitations in the tourism development program in order to have solutions for implementation, build a synchronous and comprehensive tourism development strategy and advise competent authorities to have a tourism development plan in the coming period.
Regarding issues related to Thanh Hoa Tourism Development Program in the coming period, Mr. Thi suggested that there should be more recommendations, proposals, and additional solutions, the orientation should also be clearer, focusing on resources, integrating Thanh Hoa Tourism Development Program with socio-economic development, focusing on investment in tourism infrastructure development to thereby improve the effectiveness of tourism development in the province. In addition, it is also necessary to focus on removing and resolving difficulties, speeding up the progress of resort tourism and entertainment projects that have been approved for investment to soon synchronize infrastructure, serving tourism development in the province.
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