(Fatherland) - On November 21 in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, the Mekong Delta Tourism Association coordinated with the state management agency for tourism, provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region to organize a conference to promote and advertise Mekong Delta tourism with the provinces of the Red River Delta and the Northeast region.
The Mekong Delta is located in the lower Mekong River, with a population of over 17 million people, including Can Tho city and 12 provinces: An Giang, Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Ca Mau, Dong Thap, Long An, Kien Giang, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long. The Mekong Delta belongs to the Southern key economic region, and is a particularly important strategic area in terms of politics, economy - society, culture, national defense - security and foreign affairs of the whole country.
The Mekong Delta, the Red River Delta and the Northeastern provinces have different natural conditions, geographical locations and cultures, which are factors that attract tourists from the Northern provinces to the Mekong Delta and vice versa. Therefore, the provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta pay great attention to promoting tourism and connecting with provinces and cities in the country, especially for the tourism market in the North.
Mr. Duong Hoang Sum - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Tra Vinh province spoke at the Conference
Speaking at the Conference, Mr. Duong Hoang Sum - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Tra Vinh province shared that, with its own characteristics, the tourism industry in the Mekong Delta has been gradually invested in and developed in association with protecting the ecological environment, preserving and promoting indigenous culture, helping tourists have many experiences and demonstrate responsibility to nature. In particular, the types of eco-tourism, resorts, islands, mice, culture - history, spirituality, community, agriculture, etc. are typical products and attract tourists to the Mekong Delta.
Through the conference, the provinces and cities in the North and the provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta will coordinate and support each other in State management of tourism, regularly exchange and share information on tourism development between localities; link and cooperate in promoting and advertising tourism; connect and organize activities and events to promote and advertise inter-regional tourism; have preferential policies and stimulate tourism between the Mekong Delta and the provinces and cities in the North to attract tourists.
At the Conference, Minh Khoa travel agency introduced and promoted Con Ho tourism, the newest tourist destination in Tra Vinh province.
In particular, the Mekong Delta is one of the six regions planned for tourism development in the country with the strength of developing eco-tourism products, exploiting cultural values of rivers, gardens, resorts... which will be the differences to complement, strengthen the connection and effective cooperation between tourism in the Mekong Delta and the Northern provinces.
According to Mr. Pham Van Thuy, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration, strengthening cooperation in building intra-regional and inter-regional tours and routes with selected and key products will create highlights, create differences, and contribute to improving the competitiveness of tourism in the regions. Quang Ninh and neighboring provinces in the Red River Delta will connect with the Southwest Delta to create an attractive and unique product package. The Vietnam National Tourism Administration is responsible for working with the Mekong Delta, Can Tho and Quang Ninh to build a chain of tourism development products and thereby bring the value of Vietnam to the international arena.
The Mekong Delta Tourism Association, representatives of the Tourism Associations of provinces and cities in the Red River Delta region and tourism businesses signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation.
At the conference, representatives of the Mekong Delta Tourism Association, representatives of the Tourism Associations of provinces and cities in the Red River Delta region and tourism enterprises signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism business cooperation, mutual support, cooperation promotion, connection enhancement, promotion and development of tourism activities. On this occasion, Tra Vinh province also donated 500 million VND to help the people of Quang Ninh overcome the consequences of storm No. 3.
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