Unique combination of sea, lagoon

The management board of the Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Resort and Cam Lam District People’s Committee has just announced a detailed plan (scale: 1/2.000) of the Khanh Hoa Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Resort (Sites 5, 6, 7). The plan provides a legal basis for investment projects, facilitating comprehensive technical infrastructure development and the management of architecture space and scenery.
Nguyen Phuong Nga, Institute of Architecture, Urban & Rural Planning says the locations is the last sites of Khanh Hoa Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Resort to be mapped out. Located west of Nguyen Tat Thanh Avenue, the location of the Sites 5, 6 and 7 is very advantageous with a 7.5-km lagoon shore. This is an outstanding lagoon feature that needs promoting with typical tourism services.
The water surface space can also become a great location for a variety of water-oriented recreational activities. Balis ecological salt-mash forest, a famous tourist attraction, is a good example for the idea. Besides, white sand hills and Thuy Trieu Lagoon situated next to Hon Troc Mountain also add to natural gifts offered to Cam Ranh Peninsula to become a typical lagoon resort.
The common principle for the construction of the tourist site is to promote natural values by adding some features to enrich the natural beauty without negative aspects on the environment. Nguyen Phuong Nga said, “Favorable conditions will be created for local residents to join hands to promote tourism. Besides planting a salt-mash forest, some prawn ponds will be kept to form an ecological salt-mash park.”
Nguyen Xuan Ha, Chairman of Cam Lam District People’s Committee says after the project announcement as a legal procedure and favorable condition for local residents to access the project, Cam Lam District People’s Committee has directed local authorities and relevant agencies to enhance its management over the land use of households, organizations and individuals to prevent illegal construction, land occupy and land use for wrong purposes. Besides supervision enhancement, local authorities are responsible for encouraging residents to carry out the policy to appeal investment into the region.