On 05/12/2018, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1685/QĐ-TTg approving the project “Restructure the tourism industry to meet the requirements of development into center – point economic sectors “. This Decision takes effect from the date of its promulgation.
Accordingly, the objective of restructure the tourism industry is to exploit the advantages of products, markets, resources, sectoral management system, improve economic, social and environmental efficiency to transform travel being a center – point economic sectors, contributing to improving the people’s life, promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam, spreading the good cultural values of the nation; Striving to be a country in the group of leading tourism industry in ASEAN.
The project strives to achieve $ 45 billion in tourism revenue by 2025, $ 27 billion in tourism revenue, tourism contributes over 10% of GDP; created 6 million jobs, including 2 million direct jobs; To gradually increase the percentage of laborers directly engaged in tourist services with 70% professional training and skills; welcome and serve 30-32 million international tourists, over 130 million domestic tourists.
In addition, this Decision also provides detailed guidance on implementation solutions, as follow:
• Regarding investment and support for tourism development;
• Develop information technology infrastructure in the tourism sector towards regional and international level;
• Tourism product development;
• Strengthen the competitiveness of the tourism business system.
It can be seen that the implementation of the project “Restructuring the tourism industry to meet the requirements of development into a spearhead economic sector” will contribute to the formation of a distinctive and diversified tourism product system. , bearing the bold identity of Vietnamese culture and brand, especially in the areas of driving the development of tourism thereby gradually improving the competitiveness of Vietnam tourism.