Hanoi (VNA) – To be hosted by the northern mountainous
province of Dien Bien, the National Tourism Year 2024 will be a typical
cultural, economic, and social event associated with the 70th anniversary of
the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7, 1954 – 2024), according to the Ministry of
Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
Activities and events will introduce and promote the beauty, cultural values, and unique
tourism products of Vietnam and Dien Bien in particular to visitors.
Dien Bien has set a target of welcoming 1.3 million tourists and
earning a total revenue of 2.2 trillion (over 90.6 million USD) from tourism
activities in 2024.
Dien Bien is striving to create breakthroughs in tourism development,
through improving the quality of tourism services and human resources serving
tourism, organising new tours, and investing in infrastructure development, thus
creating motivation for its socio-economic development in the coming time.
The National Tourism Year 2024 will also offer a
chance to strengthen links in domestic and international tourism development.
Dien Bien has achieved unprecedented economic growth,
resulting in significant enhancements to the cultural and social well-being of
its residents.
The locality’s Gross Regional
Domestic Product (GRDP) averaged 6.8% per year in the
2016-20 period.
As a land with significant historical and cultural value,
for the past 69 years, Dien Bien has always preserved and promoted the value of
the Dien Bien Phu historical site, contributing to making it an attractive
tourist destination.
According to statistics, from 2016 to 2020, Dien Bien
welcomed 3 million tourists, earning a total revenue of 4.8 trillion VND./.