The Mekong Delta is rising as a tourism investment hotspot. A Saigontourist representative simply unveiled the holding company would kick-off the development of its four-star Saigon-Vinh Long hotel in Vinh Long town within the Mekong Delta at a price of VND157 billion ($7.58 million) within the 1st quarter of 2012.
The prospective hotel, consisting of 9 floors, eighty four rooms covering two,300 sq. metres, is slated to come back on-line within the third quarter of 2013.
Later, the firm can inject $85.08 million into building five-star Saigon Vietnam -Phu Quoc eco resort in Kien Giang province’s Phu Quoc island district. Construction of the 205.6 hectare resort with 900 hotel rooms and one 27-hold golf course can occur within the second quarter of 2012 and be completed within the fourth quarter of 2014.
“The Mekong Delta could be a huge market with lucrative inexperienced tours and home-stay tours on provide. we are going to additional pump capital into upgrading the region’s Tours in Vietnam residences to higher serve guests,” said the firm’s representative.
Saigontourist is about to place around VND1 trillion ($48.3 million) into inland tourism development annually from currently up to 2015.
Vingroup recently pumped a good total into launching Vinpearl Luxury and Vinpearl Resort high-class property lines in central Danang and coastal Nha Trang cities, in step with the group’s deputy chairman Le Khac Hiep.
“In the approaching amount, we are going to scale up investment to expand our business in various locations in Hoi An, Phu Quoc and Da Lat,” said Hiep, adding that a lot of investment would be poured into Vinpearland to diversify entertainment.
Reality shows that a giant chunk of cash channeled into tourism was principally non-public equity capital.
Ministry of coming up with and Investment figures show that non-public equity capital injected into Mekong Delta’s tourism mounted to VND2.197 trillion ($106 million) from 2006-2010, quadruple the state budget total investment into the region.
Lately, 2 travel corporations inked agreements to push the delta entertainment services. A recreational centre in Bac Lieu city’s Tran Huynh Park with VND90 billion ($4.3 million) in total investment can soon be developed by Trade and repair international Company restricted and Cong Tu Bac Lieu resort project in Bac Lieu city’s ward three developed by Saigontourist in cooperation with Rong Viet Bac Lieu Ecological Joint Stock Company. Construction of the latter, value an estimated VND250-300 billion ($12.1-$14.5 million), also will get off the bottom inside 2011.
According to trade specialists Tours in Vietnam, infrastructure, human resources, tour diversification and promotion bottlenecks should be addressed for delta tourism to require off.
