Central region introduces priority tourism investment wish-list

Cau Vang (Golden Bridge), a new icon of tourism in Danang

A workshop presenting priority investment projects in several localities in the central region and the importance of Industry 4.0 in hotel investment and operation took place on November 2 in Danang.

The workshop, hosted by the central region's Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Centre, attracted more than 100 corporate entities.

Tourism leaders in the three localities of Hue, Danang, and Quang Nam province took the occasion to introduce the tourism strengths of each locality, presented measures to develop regional linkages, as well as major tourism projects to solicit investment.

Accordingly, the investment wish-list featured 19 projects from the province of Thua Thien Hue, 48 projects from Quang Nam, and 5 projects from Danang.

The workshop also provided enterprises information to support and guide investment in the tourism sector of each locality, creating favourable conditions for investors and supporting enterprises in the area to improve the efficiency of hotel and tourism investment and operation in the 4.0 era.

In fact, the above localities have posted quite impressive growth in tourism in the past year. According to statistics, the total number of visitors to Danang are estimated at 6.83 million in the first 10 months of 2018, a 21.5 per cent jump on-year.

Total tourism revenue is estimated at VND23.661 trillion ($1.03 billion), up 43.1 per cent over the same period in 2017.

Meanwhile, in the first eight months of 2018, total tourism revenue in Thua Thien Hue is estimated to have surpassed VND3 trillion ($130.4 million).

Tourism in Quang Nam has also been growing robustlyduring the period, with tourism revenue touching VND4.650 trillion ($202.2 million), up 24.6 per cent over the same period in 2017.

The workshop aims to widen the opportunities of domestic SMEs to expand their investment portfolio into tourism development.