Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien –Hue is seeking investors for hotel and resort projects outside Hue city because inner-city areas have been crowded with around 12,000 hotel rooms, an official said.
The projects include agro-tourism urban settlements, eco-tourism urban settlements, an eco village at Lap An, Vinh Thanh Floating Hotel, Thuan An Floating Hotel, Venice on the Rice Fields at Cau Hai Lagoon, Bach Ma Hill Station Resort, Luong Quan Rain and Artists Village and Conference Center and Media Arts Center.
“We are building urban areas outside Hue city, and encouraging investors to develop tourism projects in Lang Co, Bach Ma and Thuan An,” said Nguyen Quoc Thanh, deputy director of the province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
So far, the province has signed an agreement with Akitek Tenggara of Singapore to map out an overall scheme for the province’s tourism development. The firm has completed a list of development sites in the province and would help Thua Thien-Hue to seek investors for some of such projects.
Akitek Tenggara will also work with the provincial tourism agency and other entrepreneurs to build a tourism trademark for Hue city in the coming time.
The central province is staging more culture and tourism events this year to prepare for main events of the National Tourism Year 2012 due to take place in the locality in that year. The tourism year will likely coincide with Festival Hue 2012.
The imperial city of Hue, recognized as the world tangible and intangible heritages by the UNESCO, is the starting point of a tour crossing the Central Vietnam.
In 2010, the central locality welcomed 1.5 million tourists with revenues up 15% from 2009. (www.vietnamtourism.gov.vn)
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