Phan Thiet City attracted a large number of tourists on weekends, festivals and holidays. On these days, occupancy in the city’s hotels averaged 54% and occupancy in the city’s resorts averaged over 95%. The province will continue to carry out promotion packages, improve service quality and build a clean and fresh environment to lure more tourists this year.
Provincial authorities have mapped out a project to build a tourism center in the Mui Ne area in Phan Thiet City. The project will cover 1,007 hectares, of which 957 hectares are land and 50 hectares are sea surface, and will serve tourists and locals as a tourism, trading and entertainment service center.
The project aims to lure project investment into luxury resorts, seaside urban areas and high-tech entertainment areas and is expected to commence this quarter.
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Binh Thuan Province welcomed 2.2 million tourists in 2009, up 10% year-on-year, including 222,000 foreigners, up 13.7% year-on-year, most of them from Russia, China and Sweden. The province gained nearly VND1.9 trillion, up by 32.8% over 2008. 
