Determining that tourism infrastructure plays an important role in attracting tourists and improving service quality, Bac Lieu City has continuously focused resources on investing in technical facilities and building infrastructure to serve the "smokeless industry".

Students experience vegetable production model in Hiep Thanh commune (Bac Lieu city).

DEVELOPED TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE

In recent times, the tourism infrastructure system of Bac Lieu City has received increasing attention for investment and construction, traffic works have been gradually completed and put into use, serving well the needs of local people and tourists, especially the renovation and upgrading of bridges and roads to tourist areas and spots. Up to now, the city has invested and put into use more than 10 construction items and projects from the provincial and city budgets, with a total cost of over 756 billion VND, such as: completing the construction of Bac Sea Park in Nha Mat Ward; Ward 5 Park; upgrading and expanding Cao Van Lau Street; investing in repairing some items on Hung Vuong Square; installing 3 LED screens to serve the propaganda of political tasks associated with promoting tourism to visitors (Hung Vuong Square, in front of the Mau Than 1968 Monument, the Southern Amateur Music Art Memorial Area and musician Cao Van Lau); Building management software and applying digital maps of the tourism sector to promote city tourism; investing in renovating and repairing the old house at No. 59 - Dong Da Street (Ward 5); investing in equipping 3 pentatonic orchestras for 3 Khmer pagodas (Ward 7, Ward 8 and Vinh Trach Commune)... At the same time, submitting a request to the Provincial People's Committee for investment in renovating and repairing the 1/5 Park in Ward 3; calling for investment in repairing and renovating the old house at No. 29 and the Thai Duong stone clock relic associated with tourism development; investing in and repairing items at the Xiem Can pagoda relic to serve community tourism. In addition, the city has strengthened the upgrading and development of a number of other infrastructures such as: telecommunications, electricity, water, signs to tourist attractions..., increasingly meeting the needs of tourists, contributing to the development of tourism in the area.

In particular, focus on mobilizing tourist attractions to renovate, upgrade, and repair facilities to complete the construction of existing tourist attractions to serve tourists. Specifically, Quan Am Phat Dai Area: upgrade the campus, expand the parking lot for Buddhists and visitors; Bac Lieu Prince's house cluster: call on investors to speed up the progress of project implementation to soon form a cultural, architectural and commercial - service - tourism conservation area; mobilize Bao Toan Auto Company to expand and upgrade Nha Mat Tourist Area; call on Dong Phong Transport - Tourism Company Limited to invest in an electric car system; conduct a review, survey, and assessment of the current status of relics in the area to direct timely handling to preserve and promote the value of relics associated with tourism development.

The city also regularly encourages and guides organizations and individuals interested in investing in building and upgrading tourist accommodation service establishments, many of which are newly built to ensure they meet the conditions for tourist accommodation service business according to regulations. Up to now, the city has more than 100 accommodation service establishments.

Bac Lieu City has also focused on promoting and mobilizing food and beverage establishments and restaurants to renovate their facilities, create a cool, clean and beautiful space; improve service quality, food hygiene and safety for tourists... Currently, in the city, there are 12 shopping and dining establishments that meet the standards for serving tourists such as: Vincom Plaza Tran Huynh - Bac Lieu, Vincom Plaza Tran Phu, Co.opmart supermarket, Ho Nam Eco-tourism Area, Hung Vuong Guest House No. 1, Saigon - Bac Lieu Restaurant - Hotel, Kitty Coffee, Trang Quan Boat, Nha Mat Tourist Area, A Mat Pancake, Restaurant 61, Minh Minh 79 Restaurant...

Bac Lieu City increases infrastructure investment associated with digitizing relics to serve tourism development in Ward 2. Photo: LD

FOCUS ON IMPROVING HUMAN RESOURCES

Another notable work in tourism development is that Bac Lieu City always pays attention to training and educating the staff working in cultural work, in charge of tourism in the locality to consolidate and improve their professional skills, in order to introduce and promote tourist destinations to visitors in and outside the province. Specifically, the city has sent more than 100 officials, civil servants and public employees of the city, wards and communes to participate in training and professional development courses organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to open training courses on tourism for more than 50 leaders, 12 tourism officers of the Party Committees, the Vietnam Fatherland Front of the city, associations, unions, departments, branches of the city and the People's Committees of wards and communes. Coordinated with Kien Tri Human Resources Training Center (Can Tho City) to organize 2 training courses, fostering knowledge about tourism and tour guide skills for 100 trainees who are cadres, civil servants, workers in agencies, departments, branches, organizations of the city, People's Committees of wards, communes, tourist areas, and relic management boards in the city. Appointed leaders of the City Department of Culture and Information, leaders of 3 suburban communes and Nha Mat ward to study the rural tourism development model in the provinces: Dong Thap, Tay Ninh organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In addition, it also cooperated with universities and colleges to open 5 vocational training classes, including 3 food preparation classes and 2 hotel service classes for more than 130 students who are unemployed workers and employees of untrained businesses in the city. Established a volunteer tour guide team of 11 members (Youth Union force) and regularly sent team members to participate in tour guide training courses, aiming to improve the quality of the volunteer tour guide team's activities, assigning each member to be in charge of each point to guide tourists to visit tourist attractions. Encourage schools and related units to organize tours, bring students to visit, study and experience at tourist attractions, historical and cultural relics in the area. Through that, it aims to educate the national cultural traditions, creating a positive effect for students to actively learn, preserve, conserve and promote the value of cultural heritages to introduce to friends and tourists visiting Bac Lieu City. In the past time, schools have organized 45 tours, with nearly 3,200 students participating. Along with that, organizing historical study abroad trips for union members - youth associated with reviewing revolutionary traditions and recruiting new union members at tourist destinations, historical and cultural relics such as: Bac Lieu Bird Garden, Xiem Can Pagoda, Thai Duong Stone Clock, experiencing the vegetable production model in Hiep Thanh Commune... were 35 trips, with more than 1,800 union members - youth participating.

The city has also directed wards and communes to regularly propagate and educate to raise awareness of the community about programs and plans for rural agricultural tourism development, actively contributing to poverty reduction, income increase, and improvement of people's lives. Propagating and educating knowledge about commercial civilization, tourism civilization for the community, businesses and tourism establishments to create appropriate behaviors for tourism activities, service skills, and welcoming tourists. Mobilizing and guiding tourist accommodation establishments, tourism service establishments to implement cashless payments...

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