Conduct a nationwide tourism resource survey

Organizing tourism resource surveys aims to form a tourism resource database system, serving the management, planning, development of tourism products and tourist areas and destinations nationwide.

The natural tourism resources investigated include: natural landscapes, geological factors, geomorphology, climate, hydrology, ecosystems and other natural factors that can be used for tourism purposes.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued Decision No. 1177/QD-BVHTTDL on the Master Plan for organizing the investigation of tourism resources nationwide. The investigation will start in 2024 and is expected to be carried out within 5 years. The organization, investigation, assessment and classification of tourism resources will take place in all 63 provinces and centrally run cities.

Accordingly, the subject of investigation is natural tourism resources, including: natural landscapes, geological factors, geomorphology, climate, hydrology, ecosystems and other natural factors that can be used for tourism purposes.

Cultural tourism resources are also the subject of planned investigation, including: historical-cultural relics, revolutionary relics, archeology, architecture; traditional cultural values, festivals, folk arts and other cultural values; creative works of human labor that can be used for tourism purposes.

Việc tổ chức, điều tra, đánh giá, phân loại tài nguyên du lịch sẽ diễn ra ở cả 63 tỉnh, thành phố trực thuộc trung ương. — The organization, investigation, evaluation and classification of tourism resources will take place in all 63 provinces and centrally run cities.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism defines the tasks of organizing tourism resource investigation as developing plans and investigation methods; developing software and guidance documents for tourism resource investigation; organizing training on investigation; organizing investigation implementation; organizing synthesis, evaluation and classification of tourism resources; organizing publication and archiving of investigation results.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is responsible for developing a comprehensive plan for organizing tourism resource investigation; presiding over and coordinating with the Provincial People's Committees to implement plans and plans for tourism resource investigation; and coordinating with local ministries and branches in implementing tasks related to tourism resource investigation.

During the implementation of the Plan, when new types of resources are discovered or in the process of exploitation, promoting value, identifying new factors associated with exploited resources, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will synthesize proposals from localities and submit them to the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to conduct additional investigations or re-evaluate tourism resources.

In addition, the Department will be the unit directly developing training documents, investigation instructions; software for entering information and synthesizing results and data on tourism resources associated with the construction of a tourism resource database; tools to support information collection and investigation work (electronic forms on mobile devices (CAPI), online electronic forms (webform), synthesis forms); coordinating with localities to develop plans to select a team of investigators and supervisors; organizing training, instructing on investigation techniques, implementing surveys, collecting information, entering information into the system; reviewing annual budgets for tasks related to implementing tourism resource investigation work...

The Department of Planning and Finance is responsible for synthesizing and reporting to competent authorities on annual budgets for tasks related to implementing tourism resource investigation within the scope, functions and tasks of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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