Quang Nam Tourism Co. Looks frward to Privatisation

3:26:23 PM | 8/7/2005

Quang Nam Tourism Co. Looks frward to Privatisation

 

Central Quang Nam province's biggest travel company, Hoi An Tourist Service Company, is looking forward to privatisation, gaining more capital for its development plans in the years to come.

 

The State-owned company's director Vo Thi Thu stresses that it needs more investment in exploring new tours as well as building an ecological sea resort worth over VND200 billion. "Apart from privatisation, we need support from the State by enabling associations of tourism enterprises and localities to organise tourism promotion activities and seek opportunities for cooperation with international tourism associations," Thu says.

 

The company has poured around VND60 billion into the construction and upgrade of its facilities and infrastructure, of which VND7.4 billion was spent to upgrade Hoi An Hotel and VND31 billion was for constructing the four-star Hoi An Sea Resort which has been operational since 2001.

 

Hoi An Hotel has been ranked by the Vietnam Tourism Administration as one of the Top Ten hotels in Vietnam for many years.

 

Enterprises located on the Central Heritage Road, Hoi An-My Son-Hue-Phong Nha Ke Bang, should ally with one other to take full advantage of the cultural value of this area and create valuable tourism products, Thu adds.

 

Hoi An Tourist Service Company has recorded a consecutive growth in turnover since 1994 to date. It received 49,081 visitors (40,713 are foreigners) in 2003, earning VND38.7 billion. It plans to welcome 55,000 visitors and a turnover of VND45 billion this year.

 

The company often organises training courses for its staff to improve their knowledge of tourism, the national culture of Vietnam and other countries. Apart from these activities, it presents VND140 million to charity activities annually, most of which is spent supporting and building houses for local women who have made great contribution to the country’s revolutionary efforts or have lost their offspring during the wars.

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