Currently, the complicated epidemic situation makes it more difficult to carry out administrative procedures such as confirming marital status, extracting birth certificates, etc. Next time, when tourism develops again, tourists will have many conditions to visit. Tourist areas will be open to welcome guests after the epidemic period. Many people wonder how a place can become a tourist area. For example, Tuyen Lam Lake National Tourist Area in Da Lat. What is the procedure for recognizing a national tourist area? Today, LSX Lawfirm will give you an article about “Procedures for recognition of Vietnam’s national tourist area“, as follows:
Legal grounds
Tourism Law 2017
What is a tourist area?
A tourist area is an area with advantages in tourism resources, which are planned, invested, and developed to meet the diverse needs of tourists. The tourist area includes the provincial tourist area and the national tourist area.
A tourist area is a basic unit of tourism planning and management, a space with a beautiful environment, relatively concentrated scenery, and a geographical overall with tourism as the main function.
In our country, tourist resorts ranked at the national or local level based on their size, the level of tourist attraction, the ability to provide, and the quality of services.
Many people often confused and not interested in the concept of tourist areas and tourist attractions. In fact, these are two completely different concepts, in terms of scale, organization, and resources then.
A national tourist area in Vietnam a title decided by the Prime Minister to recognize a tourist area that meets the corresponding standard conditions. As of 2017, Vietnam has 45 tourist areas planned on the list as national tourist areas. All these tourist areas invested in and developed to be the driving force to promote the development of Vietnam’s tourism.
Conditions for recognition of a national tourist area
Not every tourist area can be recognized as a national tourist area. What are the conditions for recognition of a national tourist area? As follows:
- Having at least 02 tourism resources, including national-level tourism resources; have defined boundaries on topographic maps certified by competent authorities. The scale of the map depends on the management requirements and the topography of the area.
- Included in the list of potential areas for the development of national tourist resorts approved by the Prime Minister.
- Having infrastructure, technical facilities, high quality, and synchronous services, meeting the accommodation, dining, and other needs of tourists, including:
- Having establishments providing food service, shopping, sports, entertainment, entertainment, and health care services up to standards to serve tourists, meeting at least 500,000 visitors per year; system of tourist accommodation establishments to meet at least 300,000 visitors per year, of which there are tourist accommodation establishments that are recognized as 4 stars or higher then;
- Having a power grid system, and a clean water supply system.
In addition
- There are rules, a system of signposts, and explanations about the tourist area; have a system of signposts, traffic signs, service facilities, and attractions then;
- Provide interpretation services, and tour guide.
- Connected to the national transport and telecommunications infrastructure system then.
- Meeting the conditions for security, order, social safety, and environmental protection, including:
- Having a centralized system of collection and treatment of waste and wastewater according to the provisions of the law on environmental protection, arrange human resources to clean the environment then;
- Having protection, rescue, and rescue department;
- Publicize the phone number and address of the organization managing the tourist area;
- There is an information department to support tourists; taking the form of receiving and promptly handling complaints and suggestions of tourists then;
- Public restrooms are clean, ventilated and well-lit, and adequately arranged, corresponding to the number of tourists at peak times then;
- Apply fire and explosion prevention and fighting measures as prescribed by law.
Procedures for recognition of a national tourist area
Step 1: Submit your application
Firstly, Provincial-level People’s Committees shall submit 01 application to the General Department of Tourism.
Secondly, An application file for recognition of a national tourist area includes
An application for recognition of a national tourist area made according to the form prescribed by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism then;
And An explanation of the conditions for recognition of the national tourist area then.
Step 2: Get the result
Within 45 days from the day on which the valid application received, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism shall appraise it and submit it to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism then;
Within 15 days after receiving the appraisal results, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall decide to recognize and coordinate with the People’s Committee of the province in organizing the announcement of the national tourist area, in case of refusal, must reply in writing and clearly state the reason.
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Related questions
The answer is yes. The person competent to recognize the national tourist area shall revoke the recognition decision in case the tourist area no longer satisfies the conditions for recognition of the national tourist area. For example, after a period of operation, if the tourist area does not provide clean water, the decision on recognition of the national tourist area will be revoked.
The answer is no because if it is located in many provinces, it is no longer under the management of the Provincial People’s Committee but needs a larger management authority. In case the tourist area is located in the area of 02 or more provincial-level administrative units, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall compile a dossier of requests for recognition of a national tourist area and submit it to the Prime Minister for recognition.
Tourism resources include natural tourism resources and cultural tourism resources. Natural tourism resources include natural landscapes, geological, geomorphological, climate, hydrological, ecological, and other natural factors that can be used for tourism purposes. Cultural tourism resources include historical-cultural relics, revolutionary relics, archeology, architecture; traditional cultural values, festivals, folk arts, and other cultural values; creative human work that can be used for tourism purposes.
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