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Lang Son to host seminar on border tourism development
Border provinces and 60 international travel
agents from southern Kien Giang to northern Lang Son province have attended the
first seminar on border tourism development in Lang Son.
Border tourism plays an important role in the nation, as it has 4,550km of land
border and 25 border provinces, lined with 42 international and major border
gates, said the seminar.
However, it said, border tourism development has failed to match the country’s
potential as the number of international tourists coming to Vietnam through its
border gates represents only around 20 percent of the country’s total.
This is attributed to limited investment in tourism development, promotion
activities and personnel development in border provinces, poor tourism
infrastructure and complicated entry and exit procedures, said the seminar.
The participants assessed the situation and solutions to promote and develop
border tourism together with maintaining defence security.
They also put forward solutions to reform entry and exit procedures at the
border gates as well as orientations and policies to develop the traffic
infrastructure in Vietnam’s border provinces.
Lang Son, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh and Dien Bien in the north, Kon Tum in the central
region and Tay Ninh and An Giang in the south and a number of international
travel agents shared their experiences in organising trans-border tours through
border gates.
The seminar confirmed the significance as well as the considerable potential of
an international land border gate system for tourism activities.
It suggested due attention be paid to solutions to policy mechanism, tourism
planning, infrastructure investment and the management of community tourism in
border-adjacent provinces.
Source: VietNamNet/VNA |
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