Phu Yen cooperates to develop tourism with 3 Central Highlands provinces

After a quiet period due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, in order to restore tourism activities, Phu Yen province organized a tourism promotion program in 3 provinces of Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Kon Tum.

The sea tourism potential of Phu Yen is of interest to Kon Tum businesses. Photo: Phu Yen Newspaper This tourism stimulus event is organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Phu Yen Tourism Association in collaboration with the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces from April 14-17. In the three provinces mentioned above, the Phu Yen tourism industry has provided general information on the potential and advantages of Phu Yen tourism with tourism businesses in the three Central Highlands provinces. Phu Yen is a locality with a coastline of 189 km along with a variety of topography, with many beautiful beaches such as Xuan Dai Bay, Vung Ro Bay, Bai Xep, Bai Tram, Bai Mon, Long Thuy, Tuy Hoa Beach, etc. … very convenient for eco-tourism and beach resort. Besides, Phu Yen also has 2 national monuments, especially Nhan Tower and Da Dia Reef, 20 national monuments and 72 provincial relics. The unique feature of Phu Yen culture is the interweaving and interference of many different cultures with 32 ethnic groups living together, creating rich folklore nuances; many traditional festivals, folk songs, and folk dances, ranging from tuong singing, Bai Choi, Ho Ba Trao to Truong Ca; Ethnic instruments such as double drums, triple gongs, five gongs, stone lutes… Phu Yen cuisine is also considered a strength with many famous specialties; in which there are 5 specialties voted in the top 100 famous delicious specialties of Vietnam such as tuna, tuna eyes with medicinal herbs, O Loan blood cockle, O Loan oyster, Song Cau grilled chicken… Phu Yen currently has 380 tourist accommodation business establishments with 6,160 rooms; There are 8 relics and landscapes recognized as local tourist attractions. In particular, Xuan Dai Bay National Tourist Area has been approved by the Prime Minister of the Master Plan for Tourism Development to 2030… Deploying tourism stimulus program, tourism units and establishments of Phu Yen such as: Sao Viet resort, Sao Mai Beach resort, Stelia Beach resort, Rosa Alba resort, Saigon – Phu Yen Hotel… introduce services with preferential prices for customers in 3 provinces of the Central Highlands. Tourism enterprises in the Central Highlands highly appreciate Phu Yen’s marine tourism products and as a result, many direct memorandums of understanding between Phu Yen’s businesses and the provinces are signed during the upcoming peak tourist season. as well as in the long run. It is worth noting that the tourism industry of Phu Yen and the three provinces of the Central Highlands will focus on exploiting the difference between coastal-mountain tourism products to provide tourists with interesting vacations. This is also the basis for the four provinces to link and cooperate to promote their strengths to effectively form and exploit the tourist route “Blue Sea connects the great thousand”. Gia Lai tourism service enterprise is interested in tourism products of Phu Yen. Photo: Gia Lai Newspaper After introducing relevant information, many MOUs on cooperation were signed by businesses with the hope that the parties will facilitate the attraction of tourists in order to accelerate the tourism recovery process.