Ninh Binh strengthens tourism linkages

To turn tourism into a spearhead industry, the province has implemented synchronous measures, paying heed to strengthening connections with regions and localities across the country.

At present, Ninh Binh has established 19 tours and routes to interesting destinations, including 9 inner tours and 10 inter-region tours that connect the province with neigbouring provinces or countries, such as Ninh Binh-Hai Phong- Quang Ninh - China; Ninh Binh - Lao Cai -Sapa - China, Ninh binh - Thanh Hoa - Nghe An.

Hoang Thanh Phong, Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said "Although Ninh Binh sees increases in visitors year on year, the value of tourism products is still low." To solve this weakness, the local tourism sector needs to connect with other tourist destinations in the regions and between localities to diversify its tourism products, he stressed.

In recent years, Ninh Binh has organised numerous activities to boost tourism linkages with other regions and localities. It has teamed up with central Thanh Hoa, Nghe An provinces, and 10 localities in the Red River Delta including Hai Phong, Ha Noi, Nam Dinh, Hoa Binh, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Besides, Ninh Ninh has built a World biosphere tour connecting Cat Ba island and Trang An landscape complex.

Tourism linkage proved to help make it easier for information exchange among regions and localities in tourism promotion. 

To attract more visitors, Ninh Binh also needs to diversify its tourism products, specially paying attention to developing unique tourism products that features traditional culture of the locality; open entertainment areas at night; train human resources; improve tourism promotion; develop local special products, foods, sourvernirs; organise MICE; and invest in infrastructure in and to destinations, Phong added.

(Translated by Nguyen Thuy)