Situation of Tourism Facilities and Infrastructure in Co To District

Table 3.5: Construction of tourist routes in Co To district

Tourist route

(3 lines)

Tourist attractions

(2 points)

Line 1:

Co To Town - Dong Tien Commune

Route 2: Co To Town - Co To Con Island

Route 3: Co To Town

- Thanh Commune

Unicorn

1. President Ho Chi Minh historical site on Co To island

Bowl

2. Thanh Lan Commune

- Cultural, historical, spiritual and marine ecological tourism route

- Sightseeing spots on the route: Mong Rong rock beach (Cau My rock beach) - Fisheries logistics service center - District central market - Ho Chi Minh historical relic site - Cao Don historical relic site - Love road and Love beach (Nam Hai beach) - Co To Lighthouse Station - Truong Xuan lake - Hong Van beach - primeval Choi forest - beach

Van Chay beach

- Marine eco-tourism, discovery and experience, adventure tourism

- Sightseeing spots on the route: President Ho Chi Minh historical site on Co To island - Nam beach, Dong beach, Lion island (Co To Con island)

- Marine eco-tourism route, sightseeing experience

- Sightseeing spots on the route: Ho Chi Minh historical site on Co To island - Vung Ba Chau beach, Mai Cong Dam jellyfish processing facility (Thanh Lan commune)

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(Source: District Department of Culture and Information)

It is easy to see that in previous years, in the summer, the number of tourists to Co To was only concentrated on weekends, but this year, tourists to Co To are all on weekdays. Now, Co To not only focuses on developing summer tourism, but also has visitors in other seasons of the year, although the number of visitors is not as high as the peak summer tourism season. This is really a positive signal for the district's tourism industry. Tourism has created jobs for a large number of workers in the district. Revenue from tourism contributes to promoting socio-economic development, making tourism a key economic sector. This development has affirmed the important role of the tourism sector in the economic structure of Co To island district.

3.2.3. Situation of tourism infrastructure and facilities in Co To district

a. About accommodation

During the 2015-2017 tourist season, the scale of accommodation facilities changed significantly, with a positive trend in the number of accommodation facilities and the supply of rooms increasing, most of which were concentrated in Co To town and Dong Tien commune.

Table 3.6: Statistics on the distribution of tourist accommodation facilities in Co To district

Location

2015		2016		2017
Base number office	Number room	Base number office	Number room	Base number office	Number room
Co Town Bowl	81	1,056	191	1,335	235	1,434
Dong Tien	29	431	85	595	117	631
Thanh Lan	8	50	10	70	14	90
Total	118	1,537	286	2,000	366	2.155

(Source: District Department of Culture and Information)

Regarding the number of service establishments, in 2015 there were 118 establishments, in 2016 there were 286 establishments and in 2017 there were 366 establishments. Regarding the number of rooms to meet the needs of tourists, in 2015 there were 1,537 rooms, in 2016 there were 2,000 rooms and in 2017 there were 1,537 rooms.

2017 reached 2,155 rooms. With the conditions of building such accommodation facilities, it has met the needs of resting and extending the average vacation days of tourists.

b. About food and drink

With the growth in the number of tourists coming to Co To, the scale of food establishments has increased. In 2015, the district had 41 establishments, in 2016 there were 58 establishments and in 2017 there were 85 establishments, of which large-scale food establishments were concentrated in Co To town, in addition, up to 90% of accommodation establishments also serve food and beverage needs.

Location	Year 2015	Year 2016	Year 2017	Comparison 2016/2015		Comparison 2017/2016
Location	Year 2015	Year 2016	Year 2017	(+/-) ∆	%	(+/-) ∆	%
Co To Town	17	25	31	8	47.06	6	24
Dong Tien	20	28	43	8	40	15	53.57
Thanh Lan	4	5	11	1	25	6	120
Total	41	58	85	17	41.46	27	46.55

Table 3.7: Statistics of food establishments classified by location in Co To district

(Source: District Department of Culture and Information) c. About traffic

Because it is an island district located far from the mainland, the district has developed means of transportation suitable for tourism development.

For waterways, the main means of transport are passenger ships moving from the mainland to the island and passenger ferries serving tourist routes. In 2017, there were 21 high-speed boats, 5 regular boats; 37 passenger ferries on the Bac Van-Co To Con route, and 3 passenger ferries on the Co To-Thanh Lan route.

For roads, the main means of transport are cars, electric cars, motorbikes, bicycles and electric bicycles. Of these, motorbikes are the most commonly used means of transport.

1,000 vehicles, serving tourists to rent vehicles for backpacking and self-exploration. Vehicles are cars

There are 300 bicycles, 136 electric cars for groups and 9 cars.

Table 3.8: Means of transport involved in tourism activities in 2017

Waterway

Vehicle	Passenger ship		Passenger ferry
Vehicle	Highway	Ship often	North Van - Co To Con	Co To - Thanh Lan
Quantity	21	5	37	3
Road	Vehicle	Car	Tram	Motorcycle	Bicycle, electric bicycle
Road	Quantity	9	136	1,000	300

(Source: District Department of Culture and Information)

d. Other facilities

- Shopping places: The whole district has about 30 establishments for shopping for tourism-related goods and services (basically selling Co To seafood products such as squid, fish, abalone, sea cucumber, seafood-infused wines, etc.), of which 3 establishments are recognized as qualified shopping places.

- Entertainment venues: There are 12 karaoke, sauna, massage establishments and about 10 public internet establishments. All establishments are licensed to operate and basically ensure business conditions.

- Electricity: Since the beginning of the year, the electricity industry has invested in installing additional voltage reduction stations to ensure electricity supply for businesses and daily life. In general, it basically ensures tourism services.

- Water: The basic domestic water supply system is guaranteed, currently there are 2 surface water reservoirs including: Truong Xuan lake in Dong Tien commune with a capacity of 170,000 m³; C4 lake in Co To town, previously the main water source for agriculture, now identified as a "pot" of drinking water, must be clean, the lake forest is converted from production forest to protection forest. Wastewater, Japan's JICA organization helped upgrade the 50 m³/h wastewater self-cleaning pipeline system, which is effective.

- Post and telecommunications: In the district, there are two largest network operators in Vietnam, Vinaphone and Vietteltelephone, ensuring communication needs for tourists and people.

- Banking: There are two banking systems operating in Co To district, Agribank and the Social Policy Bank. However, only Agribank serves the financial transaction needs of tourists.

3.3. Current status of tourism management in Co To district

3.2.1. Situation of work on building and organizing the implementation of strategies, planning, plans and policies for tourism development

a. Basis of implementation

- Law on Tourism 2015;

- Law on Environmental Protection No. 52/2005/QH11 dated November 29, 2009;

- Decree 98/ND-CP dated September 21, 2010 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Cultural Heritage and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Cultural Heritage;

- Circular No. 05/2013/TT-BKHĐT dated November 3, 2013 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment guiding the organization of preparation, appraisal, approval, adjustment and promulgation of master plans for socio-economic development, plans for sectors, fields and key products.

- Decision No. 2782/QD-BVHTTDL dated July 27, 2013 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on approving the Project on developing sea and island tourism and coastal areas of Vietnam until 2020.

- Decision No. 91/QD-BVHTTDL dated December 30, 2008 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on approving the Master Plan for tourism development in the Northern Midlands and Mountains region to 2020.

- Planning for tourism development in the Red River Delta and Northeast Coast to 2020, vision to 2030;

- Master plan for tourism development in Quang Ninh province to 2020, vision to 2030.

- Decision No. 1154/QD-UBND dated May 3, 2013 of the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province on authorizing the provincial Departments and Branches and People's Committees of relevant localities to develop the Socio-Economic Development Plan, Construction Plan and Sector Plans, key products of Quang Ninh province;

- Resolution No. 07-NQ/TU dated May 25, 2013 of the Executive Committee of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee on tourism development in Quang Ninh province, 2013-2020 period, vision 2030;

- Resolution of the 5th Congress of Co To District Party Committee;

- Master Plan for Socio-Economic Development of Quang Ninh Province to 2020, vision to 2030;

- Master plan for tourism development in Quang Ninh to 2020, vision to 2030;

- Master plan for socio-economic development of Co To island, Quang Ninh province to 2020;

- Master plan for socio-economic development of Co To district to 2010 and orientation to 2020;

- Official dispatch No. 201/UBND dated April 8, 2014 of Co To District People's Committee on establishing the Tourism Development Plan for Co To District to 2020, with a vision to 2030;

- Planning of some sectors on transportation, electricity, water, urban areas... until 2020; planning of new rural areas of communes;

b. Content

- Plan to preserve Co To tourism resources, plan solutions to promote resource values, along with investment content to develop related technical facilities to ensure important material and spiritual values of natural, cultural and historical heritages to effectively serve tourists.

- Investment plan for tourism infrastructure development, solutions and plans for developing tourism product systems associated with the tangible and intangible heritage system of Co To.

- Plan and solutions for developing Co To tourism market, research and propose tourism brand system for Co To, solutions and plans for tourism promotion, plan for developing tourism information system.

- Co To tourism quality management system based on research and assessment of the current status of Co To tourism quality.

- Training and development program for tourism human resources based on assessment of human resource status, training and development needs, development of specific training and development programs including: conferences, seminars, vocational training courses, training of trainers.

- Tourism management is consistent with tourism development orientation, ensuring active and effective participation of the community and economic sectors in tourism development management and business activities.

c. Implementation results

In the journey of urban construction for tourism development, Co To is divided into many stages according to the specific characteristics of the locality. In the immediate future, the district chooses the key goal of land management and investment in infrastructure construction. The district overcomes the shortcomings left by history, the biggest burden of a time of migration to build new economic zones (the main purpose is to keep land), free residence of people and recently "hot" tourism development, land management cannot keep up with the construction speed. At the same time as managing construction land and rearranging planning, Co To promotes investment in infrastructure construction, in the direction of going ahead to welcome new opportunities, the local archipelago is located in the Van Don special administrative-economic zone. Co To invests in 2 key projects in the planning year (2016 - 2020), which are the cross-island road project and the project to build a complex of commercial - logistics centers for fisheries - modern inland ports to welcome international ships.

The cross-island road project invested in phase I with 118 billion VND, the main road is 5km long, the roadway is 7 to 8.5m wide, the sidewalks on both sides are 5m wide on average, some places are up to 9m wide (the people voluntarily donated land to open the road, the funds are focused on construction), the roadbed and sidewalks are sturdy and beautiful. Province