In 2025, An Giang will welcome more than 24 million visitors.

In 2025, An Giang will welcome more than 24 million visitors, an increase of 27.3% over the same period, exceeding the annual plan by 14.7%, including nearly 2 million international visitors, an increase of 90.3% over the same period. Total revenue will reach about VND 67,944 billion, an increase of 92% over the same period, exceeding the annual plan by 72.9%. These figures show that An Giang's tourism industry is recovering strongly, entering a bumper season.

The year 2025 is of special importance to An Giang due to the merger of Kien Giang and An Giang provinces into the new An Giang province. The merger poses many challenges, but this is also an opportunity for An Giang tourism industry to break through, take advantage of the merger, expand space, and well manage tourism activities, foreign affairs, and borders to ensure synchronization, efficiency, and sustainability.

Many foreign tourists come to An Giang by sea. Photo: Hong Linh

According to the report of the Department of Tourism of An Giang, the above results were achieved first of all due to the direction, operation and organization of the implementation of annual work programs and plans that the Board of Directors of the Department paid attention to and implemented to ensure the progress and quality set out. The Department has advised on the completion of the tasks assigned by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee, advised on the Decision to complete the Steering Committee for Tourism Development and the Steering Committee for Border Work in the province; focused on completing the processes and procedures for establishing the project to build Phu Quoc into a center of high-quality services, eco-tourism, sea and island tourism of national and international stature; the plan to implement the Government's Action Program and the Action Program of the Provincial Party Executive Committee on implementing Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW dated January 24, 2025 of the Politburo on international integration in the new situation in An Giang province. Pay attention to directing, reviewing, and developing tourism infrastructure projects and items, and plans, reports, planning projects, and resolutions for tourism development in the province . Research, Rebuild the tourism industry growth scenario in accordance with the actual situation after the province merger.

Continue Implement solutions and tasks to stimulate tourism, quickly recover and develop tourism activities, especially activities to welcome international tourists to An Giang. Coordinate and organize events and activities in the province to promote, advertise and introduce An Giang tourism to domestic and international tourists. Conduct surveys on the situation of activities, tourist areas and spots, current status of community tourism services, eco-tourism, tourism resources in some communes, wards and special zones in the province. Receive and work with ambassadors of the Kingdom of Denmark, Thailand, China, Japan and sign cooperation agreements with provinces and cities of the Kingdom of Cambodia...

An Giang's climate and natural landscape always attract tourists. Photo by Hong Linh

Research and promptly issue documents directing and guiding businesses and localities to organize tourism, foreign affairs and border activities. Implement well the monthly and 6-monthly reporting regime, thematic and ad hoc reports as required by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee. Organize regular meetings, thematic meetings, and ad hoc meetings to evaluate and draw experience in directing and implementing key tasks of the industry. Strengthen the management of incoming and outgoing delegations to ensure strict compliance with regulations. Organize well the announcement ceremony of the establishment of the APEC 2027 National Committee. Participate in the Steering Committee, the Working Group serving the APEC 2027 Conference and perform well the role as a member of the Steering Committees in the province. Pay attention to and direct well the work of administrative reform, promote e-government and digital transformation activities according to regulations. Directing localities and tourism businesses to stabilize service prices, ensure security and order, prevent storms and floods, and provide conditions for serving tourists during holidays and Tet.

Director of the Department of Tourism of An Giang province Bui Quoc Thai said that in 2025, the tourism industry of An Giang province has had good development and achieved many outstanding results, the tasks of tourism, foreign affairs, and border were implemented with high efficiency. The tourism indicators grew, reached and exceeded the economic growth scenario plan of the province in 2025, contributing to ensuring the target of double-digit economic growth according to the direction of the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee.

Foreign affairs activities have achieved practical results, contributing to enhancing the role of Party foreign affairs, diplomatic foreign affairs and people-to-people diplomacy. Continuing to direct and coordinate with agencies to carry out tasks to carefully prepare conditions for coordinating to host the APEC 2027 Conference. Cooperation activities with foreign partners have contributed to the socio-economic development of the province, gradually bringing An Giang province to international integration more deeply and effectively. Economic diplomacy activities have introduced the potential, strengths, investment, trade and tourism opportunities of the province to domestic and foreign investors. Rich and diverse cultural diplomacy activities have helped international friends better understand the policies, laws, as well as the economic, cultural, social situation and image of the locality.

Peaceful morning on Phu Quoc island. Photo by Hong Linh

The coordination of promotion, promotion, and introduction of images and local tourist destinations has been carried out effectively, attracting and appealing domestic and foreign tourists to visit and experience. The accommodation system continues to be improved in a modern direction, serving the needs of tourists. Field surveys of potential areas, spots, products, and tourism resources are conducted to count the number of managers and propose investment in connecting tourism infrastructure for the locality in the period of 2025 - 2030. The work of appraisal, inspection, and recognition of accommodation and travel establishments has been carried out seriously and promptly. Strengthening coordination in environmental protection, stable service prices, friendly, responsible, and civilized service attitude of tourism businesses, creating satisfaction for tourists...

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