Khanh Hoa aims for a green and sustainable tourism environment

According to the socio-economic development strategy of Khanh Hoa province, tourism is determined for investment and development to become a key economic sector.

VNA – On April 26, in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee organized a Local Policy Forum with the topic: “Developing green and sustainable tourism”. The forum gathered more than 150 delegates, including leaders of central ministries, departments, branches, and leaders of Khanh Hoa province; experts, university lecturers, business representatives operating in the field of services and tourism inside and outside the province…

Speaking at the opening of the Forum, Mr. Nguyen Tan Tuan, Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, stated clearly: For tourism to develop sustainably, it is inevitable to follow the direction of green tourism. Green tourism is a type of tourism that operates in a way that minimizes impact on the environment, actively contributes to biodiversity protection, uses renewable energy and promotes natural and cultural heritage. , developing environmentally friendly products.

Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee Dinh Van Thieu emphasized: According to the province’s socio-economic development strategy, tourism is determined to be invested and developed to become a key economic sector, playing an important role in economic restructuring towards services – tourism, construction industry and agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Khanh Hoa tourism industry grew dramatically in 2019 with more than 7 million visitors, including over 3.5 million international visitors. By 2023, after overcoming the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, Khanh Hoa has recovered and experienced strong growth again, the total number of visitors is estimated to reach more than 7.2 million visitors. , revenue of more than 33 trillion VND.

The forum focused on assessing the current status of Khanh Hoa tourism development and the issues raised towards green and sustainable tourism development; Research the current status of green tourism development in Vietnam to apply and link Khanh Hoa tourism activities with localities and the whole country. Khanh Hoa needs to promote the potential of sea and island strengths and environmental protection to develop green and sustainable marine tourism; Determine the requirements for digital transformation in Khanh Hoa tourism activities to meet the requirements of sustainable development in the coming time…

Director of the National Department of Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) Nguyen Trung Khanh shared: Khanh Hoa is a coastal province in the South Central Coast, with outstanding advantages in marine tourism resources and a system of System of islands, archipelagos, famous coastal bays (Van Phong, Cam Ranh, Nha Trang) along with beautiful beaches, waters, islands with biodiversity, potential for marine nature conservation… For many years , Khanh Hoa has become a major sea and island tourism center of the country and the region with high-quality sea and island resort tourism products, eco-tourism, and tourism that attract domestic and foreign tourists. . The important goal in the coming time is to develop green and sustainable tourism on the basis of effective and sustainable exploitation and use of resources and marine economic advantages to turn tourism into a key economic sector. Able to flexibly adapt to economic, social and environmental changes, making Khanh Hoa a high-quality marine tourism center in the region and the world.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Chu Hoi, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fisheries Association, to develop Khanh Hoa marine tourism in a green and sustainable direction, the province needs to synchronously deploy solutions such as: Maintaining Marine natural capital for tourism development, marine nature conservation, including marine, coastal and island ecosystems and landscapes; Effectively develop marine tourism based on green transformation and circular economy; Strictly enforce laws on the sea, tourism and environment…

Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the Institute of Tourism Development Research, when mentioning the experience of some countries in developing green tourism, cited the case of Thailand as a leading tourist destination. of Asia with beautiful beaches and famous tourist attractions that have their own identities. Thailand is the leading country in the region in green tourism ideas. Thailand’s experience in developing green tourism is the journey of applying eco-tourism and sustainable activities such as applying the biological – circular – green model; Community-based tourism…/.