Implementing the Resolution of the Provincial Party Congress for the 2020 - 2025 term, the Executive Committee of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee issued Action Program No. 01-CTrHD/TU dated January 12, 2021 to focus on directing the development and promulgation of specialized resolutions in accordance with the orientation of the Provincial Party Congress for key programs.
Based on the action program of the Provincial Party Committee, Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee promptly issued Resolution No. 03/NQ-TU dated May 7, 2021 in the first year after the Congress on tourism development to 2025, with a vision to 2030, with the general goal of striving to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector, creating momentum for growth and economic restructuring; building Dien Bien as an attractive tourist destination in the Northern Midlands and Mountains.
To promote tourism development, Dien Bien province has focused on investing in building infrastructure to serve cultural, sports and tourism activities, contributing to improving the quality of service to the needs of people and tourists.
Identifying historical tourism as one of the three important pillars of tourism in Dien Bien province, the province has directed the urgent construction, completion and exploitation of typical works such as: Martyrs' Temple at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield, Panorama Painting in Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum, General Vo Nguyen Giap Memorial Area in Muong Phang... to serve the people and attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit Dien Bien.
Among the above mentioned typical cultural works, the Panorama painting recreating the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in the past is considered by the art world to be one of the 10 largest paintings in the world on the theme of war. The painting was created by more than 200 artists on an area of over 3,000m2 , vividly recreating 4,500 characters in the tragic battle of the last 56 days of the Dien Bien Phu battle, with 4 stages: The whole people go to battle, The heroic prelude, The historic confrontation, Victory.
The Panorama painting will be a highlight, an address that cannot be missed by tourists when coming to Dien Bien, especially on the occasion of the province's announcement of the National Tourism Year - Dien Bien and the Ban Flower Festival 2024 in March, along with a series of rich activities celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory "famous in five continents, shaking the world" in May.
With the spirit of early and remote preparation for important events that will take place locally in 2024, in 2023, Dien Bien province has coordinated with ministries, branches at the central level, corporations and general companies to repair, upgrade and renovate a series of key projects, especially in Dien Bien Phu city, where cultural, artistic and sports events will take place within the framework of the Opening of the National Tourism Year - Dien Bien and the Ban Flower Festival in 2024; at the same time, it will organize events to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2024); 115th anniversary of Dien Bien province's founding (June 28, 1909 - June 28, 2024) and 75th anniversary of Dien Bien provincial Party Committee's founding (October 10, 1949 - October 10, 2024).
In December last year, the province and Vietnam Airports Corporation inaugurated the Dien Bien Airport expansion investment project.
Previously, due to limited technical conditions and special basin terrain, Dien Bien airport could only receive small aircraft ATR72 and equivalent, and often could not receive flights due to weather conditions.
However, after completing the expansion investment, Dien Bien airport is guaranteed to receive new generation aircraft Airbus A320, Airbus A321 or equivalent. The passenger terminal is expanded, increasing the design capacity from 300,000 to 500,000 passengers/year, capable of receiving 1 million passengers/year.
The project has improved exploitation capacity, created conditions for effective connection of Dien Bien with other economic regions across the country by modern jet aircraft and is also a premise for international flights in the future; contributing to creating momentum for economic, cultural and social development while ensuring security and defense of the Northwestern region of the Fatherland.
According to Mr. Le Thanh Do - Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee, this is a very important event, opening up new opportunities to attract tourists and investors to Dien Bien in particular and the Northwest in general, strengthening links with localities; is a premise, creating momentum for Dien Bien province to break through and rise up in the coming time.
Another important traffic project to be inaugurated in December 2023 is Thanh Binh Bridge across Nam Rom River. Mr. Nguyen Quang Hung - Chairman of Dien Bien Phu City People's Committee said that Thanh Binh Bridge is a very important traffic project because it is located in the city center connecting Thanh Binh, Thanh Truong wards, Dien Bien Airport, a traffic bottleneck that has been in need of being resolved for many years.
The city is determined to rebuild Thanh Binh Bridge to meet the people's transportation needs, complete the infrastructure according to the criteria of a type II urban area, create an urban landscape; and at the same time, it is a key project of the city to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.
With an increasingly convenient transportation system and the successful organization of major cultural activities such as: Hoa Ban Festival and the 7th Dien Bien Province Ethnic Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival; regional and national sports competitions; effective promotion and exploitation of cultural works, national historical relics, especially the Dien Bien Battlefield... so in 2023, Dien Bien province reached the milestone of welcoming 1 million visitors for the first time, an increase of nearly 25% over the same period in 2022; of which international visitors reached about 7,500.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Phu - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dien Bien province said that in 2003, the total revenue from tourism activities of the province reached more than 1,700 billion VND, an increase of nearly 27% over the same period last year; the average number of days of stay of tourists also increased, estimated at nearly 3 days, the total revenue from tourism activities reached more than 1,700 billion VND, an increase of nearly 27% over the same period in 2022. Including the period of 2021 - 2023, Dien Bien welcomed nearly 2.2 million tourists, including about 13,38 thousand international visitors. The average growth rate of the tourism sector reached 23.6%/year, exceeding the target set by Resolution 03-NQ/TU by 1.57 times; Total revenue from tourism reached nearly 3,700 billion VND, average visitor growth rate reached 26.4%/year, exceeding the target set by the Resolution by 1.76 times.
The above impressive figures combined with the fact that Dien Bien province has just successfully organized many tourism promotion activities in the last months of 2023 such as: Dien Bien Culture and Tourism Week in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City... have recreated the image of a beautiful, rich in identity and friendly, hospitable Ban flower land right in the center of the largest and second largest cities in the country, creating a good impression on tourists from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and the southern provinces, attracting tourists to Dien Bien during the National Tourism Year 2024, the "Return to the Ban Flower Land" Festival and the following years; creating a solid momentum for the province's tourism sector to develop further./.
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