Striving for Bac Lieu to continue to be an attractive destination of the Mekong Delta region

Noc Cang Historical Site - Bac Lieu's newest tourist attraction
 recognized by the Mekong Delta Tourism Association
as a typical tourist destination of the region

The People's Committee of Bac Lieu province has issued Plan No. 88 dated July 9, 2019 on the implementation of Resolution 11-NQ/TU dated December 17, 2018 of the Provincial Party Committee (Term XV) on " continue to promote tourism to 2025 and orientation to 2030”; Decision 77/QD-UBND dated February 9, 2021 of the Provincial People's Committee promulgating the Action Program on tourism development in Bac Lieu province in the period of 2021 - 2025. In the first half of the period of 2021 - 2025, from From the beginning of 2021 to June 2023, Bac Lieu welcomed more than 8,412,000 visitors, with a total revenue of over 7,600 billion VND.

Especially, with increasing investment in infrastructure development and tourism works and projects, creating an important highlight, up to now, Bac Lieu has 11/54 tourist attractions approved by the River Delta Tourism Association. Cuu Long is recognized as a typical tourist destination of the region and has become one of the localities attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to visit.

With the determination to promote tourism development for the second half of the 2021-2025 period, state management agencies of the tourism industry will continue to accompany and actively support tourism businesses. At the same time, focus on promoting and introducing the potentials and strengths of tourism and turning the tourism industry into a spearhead economic sector in accordance with the spirit of the Resolution of the 16th Provincial Party Congress. Continue to promote the construction of infrastructure and tourism service facilities; focus on giving priority to urgent works in service of tourism development; coordinate to urge investors to speed up the implementation of tourism projects with investment policies.

In the coming period, Bac Lieu Tourism Industry will continue to strengthen the image of the province's tourism, support the construction and development of specific products of Bac Lieu, create a development environment for service providers, and join hands in the province's general stimulus strategy. Actively deploying the tourism stimulus program to tourism service businesses, promoting and introducing images of people and typical cultural features of Bac Lieu to domestic and foreign tourists.

Effectively implement the tourism development cooperation program signed between the provinces and cities with Bac Lieu; support and create conditions for businesses to deploy agreements on signing tours, tourist routes as well as providing tourism services between representatives of Bac Lieu tourism businesses and travel companies. calendars, travel agencies in the provinces in the country.

Guide to building attractions completes procedures for requesting recognition of tourist attractions and continues to strive for the Mekong Delta Tourism Association to consider and recognize typical tourist attractions of the province to become typical tourist attractions of the region; at the same time, maintaining and promoting well 11 tourist spots that have been recognized by the Mekong Delta Tourism Association to exploit connecting tours and tourist routes with the region and the whole country. Continue to renovate and expand traffic routes to areas and spots such as: Historical relic of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee Base Area, historical site of President Ho Chi Minh's Temple; Dong Nuc Cang historical relic, Vinh Hung Tower art architectural monument... to invest in building and upgrading into a unique and unique tourist product to attract tourists in the coming time.

Leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, Bac Lieu Provincial
People's Committee and representatives of units at the
Investment Promotion Conference in 2022

Creating conditions for Bac Lieu tourism businesses to participate in activities in the tourism development cooperation program between Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region, which have been signed by the leaders of the provinces and cities. At the same time, there are policies to support businesses when making new investment or expanding investment in tourism services, especially policies to support investment in a system of restaurants, hotels, resorts and tourist attractions in the province. Striving to bring the tourism service revenue of Bac Lieu province to about VND 10,000 billion by the end of 2025, welcoming 07 million visitors as set out in Resolution No. 11-NQ/TU dated December 17, 2018 of the Provincial Party Committee (Term XV).

* Uyen Doan
* Bac Lieu Tourism Promotion Information Center - dulich.baclieu.gov.vn

* Key words: #Bac Lieu, #attractive destination,