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Bridge – Development master plans are
necessary for all industries, based on which the State calls for investment,
allocate investment capital. However, the tourism development plan has been
ignored by local authorities.
The lessons
When
reviewing the tourism development in the last few years, experts all say the
development has not been following the development plan set up by the
government. As all localities want to develop tourism, they have been doing all
the things they can instead of referring to the common development plan.
Pham
Trung Luong, Deputy Head of the Tourism Research and Development Institute has
noted that the overall development plan has been broken, and “every man for
himself.”
The
Tuan Chau tourism complex in Ha Long City is a typical example. When projecting
the tourism site, experts pointed out that it would be better to build a bridge
which connects the land and the island. However, instead of a bridge, a road
has been built. Though the building of the road allowed saving money, this has
spoiled the beautiful landscape in the area, thus leading to unsustainable
development. As a result, the tourism site has not developed well as previously
expected.
When
projecting the development of the coastal areas in the central region,
especially in Binh Thuan province and Nha Trang City of Khanh Hoa province,
experts said it was necessary to build the winding roads in the coastal areas
and leave the area for local residents to go to the open sea.
However,
in some localities, land has been divided into plots which have been allocated
to investors for resort development for profit, leaving no way for farmers to
go. As a result, fishermen have to take roundabout to go to the open sea, while
experts have warned that the prolonged conflicts between local residents and
investors may cause bad consequences.
Khanh
Hoa provincial authorities have recently thought of a solution under which a
resort that blocks the view to the sea in the sea city of Nha Trang would be
relocated, so as to give place to the city’s residents’ amusement site.
Also
according to Luong, local authorities tend to ignore the overall development
plan when developing tourism products. A senior official of the Thanh Hoa
provincial department of culture, sports and tourism said when projecting the
development of Sam Son beach, the department suggested developing some tourism
sites.
However,
the local authorities later approved the development of many different
accommodation bases, both small and big.
The
arising of many accommodation bases at that time helped satisfy the rapidly
increasing demand in 1990-2000. However, this has led to the unsustainable
development of the local tourism, which is now considered the barrier that
hinders the development of Sam Son Beach into a key tourism site in the north
of the central region.
A conductor needed
In the
past, a principle that every locality followed was “every man for himself.”
However, local authorities have realized that tourism should be the inter-provincial
products. Therefore, local officials have been sitting together to discuss how
to cooperate to develop tourism
Nevertheless,
it seems that it’s really difficult for them to find a common voice. As
neighboring localities have similar geographical conditions, they sometimes
have similar tourism products, which makes tourists feel boring when enjoying
the same products.
It
would be better if every locality has the specific tourism products to attract
travelers and fit their different tastes.
Luong has
suggested that every region should have an outstanding tourism center. For
example, in the south of the central region, it would be very good to form up
the complexes of big sea resorts. Meanwhile, in Hanoi and HCM City, it is
necessary to establish big trade centers and amusement complexes, suitable for
the development of MICE tourism (meeting, incentives, conference and
exhibitions)
Tin Tuc
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