Binh Thuan (VNA) – Mui Ne beach in the south central province of Binh Thuan is set tobecome one of the most-visited destinations in the Asia-Pacific by 2030 under amaster plan for the development of Mui Ne National Tourism Site to 2025 with avision for 2030 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

Stretching 14,760 hectares along the coastfrom Tuy Phong district’s Hoa Phu commune to Phan Thiet city’s Phu Hai ward,the site’s physical and technical infrastructure will be invested heavily tolure strategic investors.

The site is hoped to welcome about 9 millionvisitors, including 1.5 million foreigners in 2025. The respective figures areexpected to reach 14 million and 2.5 million in 2030.

Tourism revenue of the site is set to hit 24trillion VND (1.03 billion USD) in 2025 and 50 trillion VND in 2030, accordingto the planning. The local tourism industry is expected to create 24,000 directjobs in 2025 and more than 45,000 jobs by 2030.

Besides turquoise water, palm-fringed beachand laid-back atmosphere, Mui Ne’s blustery wind condition has made the site anideal place for world-class windsurfing. It has attracted well-known surfersfrom the UK, France, Russia, Germany, and Australia.

According to Director of the provincialDepartment of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ngo Minh Chinh, Binh Thuan has acoastline of 192km, with various beautiful landscapes with potential fortourism such as Mui Yen, Cau isle, Ke Ga lighthouse, Ganh Son, Gieng Tien,among others.

The tourism sector is developing new tourismproducts, and improving services’ quality, he said, adding that favourablepolicies have been carried out to encourage investment in developinginternational-standard tourism-sport complexes in Phan Thiet, Ham Thuan Nam andBac Binh.

Last year, the province welcomed more than 5.7million visitors, up 12.8 percent from 2017. Total earnings from tourism rose18.98 percent to reach 12.8 trillion VND (550.9 million USD).

Roughly 675,000 foreigners chose Binh Thuanfor their holidays in 2018, with China and the Republic of Korea the toptourist sources, accounting for 28 percent and 13 percent of totalinternational arrivals to the locality, respectively. Meanwhile, stable growthwas seen in tourist arrivals from traditional markets like Russia, the UK, andFrance. –VNA