Dong Thap: Developing tourism, ensuring double-digit economic growth

The plan was issued by the People's Committee of Dong Thap province to implement the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch No. 34/CD-TTg dated April 10, 2025 on promoting tourism development, ensuring the implementation of double-digit economic growth rate, with the purpose of: disseminating, thoroughly grasping and effectively implementing Official Dispatch No. 34/CD-TTg; raising awareness of all levels, sectors, cadres, party members, civil servants, public employees and people on strengthening the implementation of tasks and solutions for tourism development. Creating a driving force for the development of other sectors and fields, actively and effectively contributing to the implementation of the economic growth target of the Province.

At the same time, specify the plan to implement tasks according to the requirements to promote tourism development in accordance with the practical conditions of the Province, ensuring the completion of the set tourism development targets. Synchronously implement tasks and solutions to develop tourism into an important economic sector of the Province in the coming time. Effectively implement the Tourism Stimulus Program in 2025, promote the positioning of the tourism brand "Dong Thap - Pure as the Soul of Lotus". Ensure the successful implementation of the goal of welcoming 5 million visitors in 2025, an increase of 11.36% over the same period in 2024. Total tourism revenue reaches 2,416 billion VND, an increase of 11.34% over the same period in 2024.

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  Prime Minister 's telegram on promoting tourism development, ensuring double-digit economic growth

With the motto of tourism development: "Unique products - professional services - convenient and simple procedures - Competitive prices - Clean and beautiful environment - Safe, civilized and friendly destinations", Dong Thap province has developed a number of specific tasks and solutions such as: Strengthening state management of tourism; Promoting tourism promotion, proactively implementing the Tourism Development Stimulus Program in 2025 and the following years; Developing and diversifying typical tourism products; Protecting the tourism environment, security, safety, friendliness and civilization; Strengthening digital transformation and green transformation in tourism development; Developing tourism human resources.

Positioning the tourism brand "Dong Thap - Pure as the Lotus Soul" (photo: Dongthap Portal)

In particular, innovating methods and content of tourism promotion, enhancing the application of modern technology, improving professionalism, promoting tourism brand positioning associated with local cultural identity. Cooperating with Ho Chi Minh City and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta to participate in activities within the framework of the National Tourism Year, international fairs... Organizing activities to celebrate major holidays, important cultural, sports and tourism events of the Province to attract tourists, extend their stay, and increase tourism revenue. Combining the use of state resources and mobilizing social resources to participate in tourism promotion activities. Organizing Famtrip and Presstrip delegations to survey and learn about the market; Build and connect tours and routes to promote the province's typical tourism products and effectively implement the Tourism Development Stimulus Program in 2025 according to Decision No. 444/QD-BVHTTDL dated February 28, 2025.

The province also focuses on developing high-quality, differentiated tourism products associated with the potential, strengths and development orientation of Dong Thap. At the same time, protect the tourism environment, security, safety, friendliness and civilization. Strengthen digital transformation, green transformation in tourism development such as promoting new destinations and tourism products and services on the Dong Thap Tourism Information Portal, especially strengthening the application of 4.0 technology, applying digital technology to connect service providers, increasing customer experience. Encourage investors, businesses and individuals to invest in tourism responsibly in the direction of green and sustainable investment, developing diverse types of tourism in the direction of green growth, maintaining, improving quality and renewing tourism products...

The province focuses on developing tourism human resources to ensure quantity and quality, meeting development requirements in the new period; improving the quality of tourism human resources in management, business administration and tourism vocational skills, focusing on training skilled workers. Gradually building a team of dynamic and creative managers and entrepreneurs, standardizing standards in terms of expertise, profession, and foreign languages ​​for the service force. Promoting socialization, encouraging businesses to participate in training tourism human resources, focusing on vocational skills and soft skills training for the workforce directly serving tourism, especially the local tour guide team...

The People's Committee of Dong Thap province requests the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Provincial Center for Trade, Tourism and Investment Promotion, and the People's Committees of districts and cities to urgently implement the tasks assigned in this Plan. The Chairman of the People's Committee of districts and cities is fully responsible to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for seriously and effectively implementing the tasks assigned in this Plan; reporting to the Provincial People's Committee the implementation results (through the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism for synthesis)./.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/dong-thap-phat-trien-du-lich-dam-bao-thuc-hien-toc-do-tang-truong-kinh-te-hai-con-so-20250515122614203.htm