The Mekong Delta is appearing as a tourism investment hotspot.
A Saigontourist representative just unveiled the holding company would kick-off the construction of its four-star Saigon - Vinh Long hotel in Vinh Long city in the Mekong Delta at a cost of VND157 billion ($7.58 million) in the first quarter of 2012.
The prospective hotel, consisting of nine floors, 84 rooms covering 2,300 square metres, is slated to come online in the third quarter of 2013.
Later, the firm will inject $85.08 million into building five-star Saigon-Phu Quoc eco resort in Kien Giang province’s Phu Quoc island district. Construction of the 205.6 hectare resort with 900 hotel rooms and one 27-hold golf course will take place in the second quarter of 2012 and be completed in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Saigontourist is set to put around VND1 trillion ($48.3 million) into inland tourism development annually from now up to 2015.
Vingroup recently pumped into launching a great sum Vinpearl Vinpearl Resort Luxury and high-class property lines in central Danang and Nha Trang Coastal cities, theo to the group's deputy Chairman Le Khac Hiep.
Theo Industry experts, infrastructure, human resources, diversification and promotion tour bottlenecks must be addressed for delta tourism to take off.