Can Tho City People’s Committee has just issued Plan No. 185/KH-UBND on implementing Resolution No. 82/NQ-CP dated May 18, 2023 of the Government on the main tasks and solutions to speed up the tourism recovery and accelerate effective and sustainable tourism development in the city in the period 2023-2025 and the following years.
Foreign tourists visit a craft village in Can Tho
The plan aims to effectively and practically develop tourism in Can Tho City, making it a key economic sector. Accordingly, the plan focuses on eight main points. First, Promote and restructure the city’s tourism industry towards professionalism, modernity, high-quality, and sustainability. Second, focus on tourism promotion and cooperation to develop the tourist market. Third, invest in tourism infrastructure in a synchronous, professional, modern, and environmentally friendly direction. Fourth, develop tourism products in a diverse, unique, high-quality direction, suitable to market needs. Fifth, focus on building and perfecting mechanisms and policies to support businesses. Sixth, improve and develop human resources. Seventh, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management and build a safe and friendly tourism environment. Eighth, Strengthen the digital transformation of the city’s tourism sector.
Specifically, the city focuses on restructuring tourism product development, and tourism promotion towards the high-end segment; developing and implementing a plan to develop a professional, high-quality, modern tourism brand, associated with the image identity of prestigious international brands; building tourism brands for some typical tourist destinations in the city; proposing policies and solutions to develop eco-tourism, river-borne tourism, agricultural tourism, MICE tourism, cultural tourism,…; implementing the Green Tourism Action Program for 2023-2025 period to protect the natural and social environment at key tourist destinations according to the orientation “Green, clean, beautiful, civilized, friendly tourist destination”.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City will be the presiding agency and coordinate with relevant agencies and units to execute the plan and advise Can Tho municipal People’s Committee to develop and promulgate support policies to accelerate tourism development; report to Can Tho municipal People’s Committee every six months. Relevant departments, People’s Committees of districts, tourism associations, and relevant agencies will work together and carry out assigned tasks and develop action plans for each unit.
Source: Can Tho News – Translated by Hoang Dat
Can Tho Portal – cantho.gov.vn
