STO - On the morning of November 8, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Soc Trang province organized an online conference on "Developing Soc Trang province's tourism economy". The conference was held in person at the Provincial Cultural and Conference Center, combined with online to 11 districts, towns and cities, with nearly 1,000 delegates attending. Attending the Soc Trang province bridge were comrades: Ho Thi Cam Dao - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Tran Van Lau - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Executive Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and provincial organizations.
Delegates attending the online conference at the Soc Trang province bridge. Photo: THACH PICCH
Speaking at the conference, comrade Tran Van Lau emphasized: “Tourism is a comprehensive economic sector, playing an important role in socio-economic development; considered one of the three key economic sectors that are receiving investment attention and increasingly making positive contributions to the country's overall economy. For Soc Trang province, in order to preserve and promote cultural values associated with tourism development, on August 2, 2016, the Provincial Party Committee issued Resolution No. 05 on tourism development in Soc Trang province to 2020, with a vision to 2025, with the view that “tourism is an important economic sector of the province. Tourism development is associated with promoting the local image, culture and people of Soc Trang”.
In the past time, although there were still many difficulties, with the attention of the Central Government, along with the determination and efforts of the Party Committee, government and people in the province, the province's socio-economic situation continued to develop in all areas. Economic growth for the whole year of 2022 reached 7.71%; the highest level in the past 10 years . In the first 9 months of 2023, although the economic context of the whole country in general and Soc Trang in particular was still complicated and unpredictable, with the drastic direction of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee, the synchronous implementation of many solutions, the economic growth rate of Soc Trang is estimated at 5.14% .
The conference listened to comrade Tran Minh Ly - Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism report on the current status of tourism development in Soc Trang in the past time, assess the current status and orientation of tourism development to 2030. In particular, Master Phan Dinh Hue - Director of Vong Tron Viet Company reported on the topic of tourism economy and suggested a strategy for tourism development in Soc Trang province, in which he assessed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges and vision for developing tourism in Soc Trang in the coming time.
In addition to the opinions of the reporters, the conference listened to presentations from representatives of the People's Committee of Soc Trang city and Cu Lao Dung district on the local tourism potential; the report of the Director of Vietravel Tourism Company - Branch in Can Tho on the proposal to build products and connect tours - tourism routes, which opened up more opportunities for the province to continue to orient the development of key tourism products and based on the potential and strengths of the province...
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