TOURISM and recreation company Vinpearl is looking to replicate the success of its Nha Trang and Danang resorts on larger scale in Quy Nhon with the Vinpearl Hai Giang, due to be completed in 2017.
The Binh Dinh People’s Committee and Vinpearl parent company Vingroup Joint Stock Company have together invested a total of 3.5 trillion dong (US$166 million) to create the largest tourism attraction in central Vietnam.
The Vinpearl Hai Giang covers an area of 656 hectares and claims to be an eco-tourism site, including a five-star hotel, villas with commercial service, sports centre, cable car system and an 18-hole golf course.
“Such a mega project will certainly raise some level of interest, although not from our FIT overseas clients,” commented George Ehrlich Adam, general manager of Exotissimo Travel Vietnam. “Vinpearl group converted their Nha Trang development into a successful attraction and I expect the same will happen in Quy Nhon.”
“Quy Nhon Province is ripe for coastal development and I personally think this a ground-breaking development by the Vingroup,” commented Martin Cook, managing director of Diethelm Travel Vietnam. “When complete this will doubtless attract further developments into the area.”
Such development could take the pressure off more established destinations, and Cook cited the example of Quy Nhon’s neighbouring Tuy Hoa, whose recent influx of seasonal international tourists from Russia had helped eased the room crunch at Nha Trang during peak periods.
Over recent years, Quy Nhon has become a destination for the affluent domestic tourist. However neither of the two nearest airports (Phu Cat and Dong Tac) can accept international flights at present, with Nha Trang and Danang at least a six-hour transfer by motor vehicle.
