(HBO) - Under the direction of the district's Party Committee, Cao Phong district will continue to follow the orientation of developing tourism into an important economic sector matching the local potential in the 2020 – 2025 period.
Specifically, the district aims to welcome 455,000 tourists and earn about 367 billion VND in revenue from tourism activities by 2025. The tourism – service sector will post an average growth rate of at least 15 percent, bringing its proportion in the local economy to 30 percent by 2025.
To accomplish the set goals for tourism development, all-level Party committees, authorities and people in the district will continue to implement Resolution No.04-NQ/HU, dated November 15, 2017 of the 27th district Party Congress on tourism development in the 2017 – 2020 period, with a vision to 2030.
Accordingly, attention will be paid to mobilising capital sources for tourism infrastructure, enhancing tourism promotion, adopting preferential policies to attract investment in tourism and focusing on developing tourism types that the district has advantages.
Statistics showed that the district welcomed about 1.61 million visitors in the 2016-2020 period and total revenue from tourism was estimated at over 140 billion VND (6.1 million USD)./.
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