Solving problems for Hai Phong to develop sustainable tourism

Located in the center of the Northern Coastal region, where convenient exchanges with provinces and cities in the country, the region and the world ; with a diverse transportation system including sea routes, rivers, roads, railways, and airways that have been and are being focused on construction such as: international gateway port in Lach Huyen, this is the main gateway port of the North, where Hai Phong integrates with the region and the world; Tan Vu - Lach Huyen bridge and road; Hanoi - Hai Phong expressway extending to Ha Long, coastal expressway from Quang Ninh to Thanh Hoa, expansion of National Highway 10; upgrading and expanding Cat Bi airport... have helped connect Hai Phong with key domestic and international tourist localities, creating more advantages for tourism development.

Hai Phong . Photo: Collected

However, Hai Phong still has many problems such as the branches, districts, and enterprises in Hai Phong City still have many difficulties and problems, affecting the development of tourism. In addition, the planning of adventure sports tourism destinations such as mountain climbing, kayaking in Cat Ba or deploying double-decker buses to transport tourists to visit places in the inner city and connect with Do Son tourist area also needs to be implemented soon with the tourism program of the boat visiting Hai Phong port. In particular, the arrangement of marinas and tourist boat wharves on Hai Phong's inner city rivers needs to be focused on solving the connection between Ha Long Bay (Quang Ninh) and Lan Ha Bay (Hai Phong). At the same time, completely solving the congestion at the ferry terminal leading to Cat Ba Island. To solve the problems for sustainable tourism development, Hai Phong needs to strongly innovate the thinking on tourism development in an effective and sustainable direction associated with environmental protection, ensuring consistency in viewpoints, goals, action programs and having breakthrough mechanisms and policies, meeting the development requirements of tourism as a key economic sector, raising awareness of the community, businesses and tourists in implementing civilized tourism behavior, protecting the environment and natural resources; ensuring quality of services for tourists. Combining tourism recovery measures with the task of disease prevention and control; constantly improving the reputation and attractiveness of Hai Phong tourism brand, building the image of Hai Phong as a safe, friendly and attractive destination.

Hai Phong. Photo: Collected

In particular, creating a stable, open, equal investment environment and ensuring benefits for investors; actively resolving difficulties and obstacles for investors in the investment process to attract resources from economic sectors to tourism development projects, especially potential and reputable investors to create breakthroughs in building key tourist areas. Stimulating innovation, creative startups, developing business forces, forming many tourism businesses with strong brands; supporting small and medium enterprises, tourism business households to acquire new technology, digital skills and access to finance. At the same time, there are policies to support and facilitate projects to develop agricultural tourism and community tourism to attract investment from local people, promote research and development of new business models in the tourism sector, mobilize resources to continue investing in developing tourism infrastructure and facilities, promote investment in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values ​​of Hai Phong city to serve tourism development. Develop information systems, databases of tourism resources, travel, accommodation, tourism services, utility applications... to connect and share data with the city's general information system; Increase investment in resources, improve technological infrastructure to develop smart tourism and other types of tourism to meet the needs of tourists, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development of the city, develop typical products and diversify tourism products. Strengthen promotion, advertising and cooperation in tourism development, build and promote the image of Hai Phong with the brand of a safe, reliable and quality destination, promote training and develop tourism human resources in a professional and high-quality direction, considering this a breakthrough to develop tourism into a key economic sector, meeting the requirements of international integration and competition. Promote the responsibility of all levels, sectors, localities and organizations and individuals assigned to manage tourism resources, ensure compliance and reasonable exploitation; avoid over-exploitation causing resource depletion or degradation.

Thu Hang