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Ha Tinh Province has many tourism advantages with mighty and
fantastic nature and beautiful beaches such as Thien Cam, Xuan Thanh, Loc Ha and
Ky Ninh.
Charming rivers and mountains have created such famous landscapes as Hong Linh
Mountain, La River, Vu Mon Waterfall and Deo Ngang - Hoanh Son Quan. In
addition, the ideal ecotourism resorts of Ke Go Lake, Vu Quang National Park and
Son Kim hot spring are places where traditional and cultural heritage converges,
mixing with modern cultural value in the development and integration process. Ha
Tinh is considered to be an ideal destination for tourists, so that anyone that
comes here will keep good memories of their trip to the region
In recent years, the tourism sector of Ha Tinh Province has achieved great
development. There are more than 100 residences and 2,300 hotel rooms in the
province. Statistics from the Tourism Division of the Ha Tinh Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism show that in the first half of 2011, Ha Tinh
attracted 441,059 tourists with revenue estimated at VND130 billion.
After more than 20 years of renovation, Ha Tinh has seen fundamental changes.
The provincial annual average economic growth rate is almost 10 percent; budget
revenue in 2010 stood at nearly VND2 trillion; average income was more than
US$600 per year; many key economic projects were carried out, creating impetus
for Ha Tinh to become a large industrial - service center in the central region.
According to a Resolution of the Ha Tinh Communist Party Committee Congress for
the 2010-2015 tenure, the province plans to take full advantage of its
opportunities to promote its potential and strengths and make new breakthroughs
for effective and sustainable socioeconomic development. By 2015, Ha Tinh will
strive to: (1) become a developed province in the sectors of agriculture,
industry and services with an average economic growth rate of more than 14
percent per year; (2) achieve positive economic restructuring in which the
industry - construction sector accounts for 41.6 percent, trade - service sector
40.3 percent, agro- forestry- fishery sector 18.1 percent; (3) attain an average
income of more than VND30 million per year; (4) secure provincial budget revenue
over VND4 trillion; and (5) achieve export revenue that is more than US$280
million. Achievement of these figures would create a sustainable basis for Ha
Tinh to develop tourism.
Apart from its diversified natural potential, Ha Tinh possesses more than 500
historical and cultural relic sites. Of these, 72 relic sites are ranked at
national level and 260 others ranked at provincial level. Over the past years,
the conservation and promotion of the values of traditional tangible and
intangible Cultural heritage sites in Ha Tinh have recorded big achievements
both domestically and internationally, meeting the people's demands to enjoy
cultural activities and other spiritual aspirations. However, in order for Ha
Tinh to become a tourism-developed province, it needs to invest a lot of time
and effort to take a new direction so that the provincial tourism sector can
develop to reach its full potential. One of the cultural activities that need
investment to serve tourists is traditional festivals with various forms of
popular performances such as Co Dam Ca Tru; Ky Anh incantations; Truong Luu and
Song La country songs; other festivals at the Huong pagoda, Le Khoi and Bich
Chau temples and at other old villages. These are factors that constitute the
national character in general and the cultural soul of Ha Tinh Province in
particular.
According to the provincial leader's opinions, the goal of Ha Tinh is to develop
its tourism into a key economic sector, based on effective exploitation of the
province's potential, taking full advantage of the resources of economic
components and the support from the Government to make it more attractive to
domestic and foreign visitors, especially those from Laos, Thailand and other
ASEAN countries. In the coming years, Ha Tinh will focus on investment in key
tourist sites, such as Thien Cam luxury resort, Xuan Thanh beach resort, Son Kim
hot spring Ecological resort, the Nguyen Du relic site, Huong pagoda, Cui
temple, Dong Loc T junction and Ke Go eco-tourism spot. At the same time, it
will develop craft villages including Cu Do candy village, Thai Yen wood making
village and Cam Nhuong fish source village to enrich tourism products in serving
visitors. It will also create the most favorable conditions to encourage and
attract foreign investors in the province's tourism projects.
At the moment, however, Ha Tinh is focusing on building up its comprehensive
plan to develop tourism until 2020. One of the solutions that needs effective
investment is regional coordination among three provinces in the Central North
Region of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh. The region is rich in tourism
resources and has comparative advantages which complement each other, making
them more attractive to visitors. This is also the basic principle to develop
tourism, targeting five objectives in cooperation among these three provinces.
They include (1) building a common brand "One heritage, two well-known man, one
destination" for the three provinces; (2) working together to make new products
to promote tourism; (3) promoting cooperation in implementing tourism promotion
programs; (4) promoting cooperation among tourism businesses to discover and
operate new routes; and (5) providing support for tourism promotion activities
in each province./.
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