11:10, 28/10/2019

Khanh Hoa Province: Many potentials to develop sports tourism

With many beautiful beaches and seaside routes, blue bays, and Nha Tran - Da Lat route "connecting the sea and flowers", Khanh Hoa has conditions to develop sports tourism. According to tourism experts, in order to create more attraction for tourism, the province needs to organize events sports combined with tourism.

With many beautiful beaches and seaside routes, blue bays, and Nha Tran - Da Lat route "connecting the sea and flowers", Khanh Hoa has conditions to develop sports tourism. According to tourism experts, in order to create more attraction for tourism, the province needs to organize events sports combined with tourism.
 
 
Tourism now not only is relaxation or discovery. A new trend of tourism is also very popular, especially for those who prefer to exercise, that is sports tourism. Currently, traveling to a new land is not only a culinary and cultural experience, but also combined with exploring nature associated with climbing, jogging, cycling, etc.
 
 
Vietnam in general and Khanh Hoa in particular have good conditions to develop tourism associated with sports. Within the framework of Visit Vietnam Year 2019 - "Nha Trang - Colors of the Sea", the competition Challenge Vietnam - Nha Trang 2019 in July has attracted more than 500 athletes. domestic and foreign tablets. Many foreign news agencies also reported on this event. Previously, the Hong Kong - Nha Trang yacht race (held every 2 years since 2004) also showed the potentials to develop sea sports of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa.
 

 

Bike racing at Challenge Vietnam - Nha Trang 2019
Bike racing at Challenge Vietnam - Nha Trang 2019
 
 
According to tourism experts, Khanh Hoa is very convenient to develop sports tourism. For example, Nha Trang - Da Lat road with Khanh Le pass which is 33km long is very suitable for organizing cycling. The HTV Cup bicycle race has been held on this road. Moreover, the roas  attracts not only professional riders but amateurs as well . On bicycle forums, many groups have decided to cycle here.
 
 
Son Thai commune (in Khanh Vinh district) is a favorite place for paragliding of many athletes. “The flight place in Khanh Le (Son Thai commune) is considered as one of the most beautiful paragliding destinations in Vietnam today. Many international paragliders know this place. They show their desire to come to Khanh Hoa to experience paragliding in Khanh Le ... If there is only an organizer and good marketing, Khanh Hoa will have a very interesting sports and tourism event ”, Nguyen Ngoc Thanh - Chairman of Nha Trang Paragliding Club said.
 
 
In particular, Khanh Hoa with a long coastline and many beautiful bays is suitable for organizing sea sports such as sailing, jetskiing, kayaking, windsurfing, beach volleyball and beach footbal. The seaside route Nguyen Tat Thanh - Tran Phu - Pham Van Dong is also an ideal place to organize cycling and jogging races. Khanh Hoa also has many beautiful golf courses that can organize golf tournaments to attract domestic and international tourists. At the conference on Khanh Hoa tourism in the national destination development strategy held in Nha Trang in late 2018, Mr. Nicolas Urvois - Senior Manager of THR Group (Dubai, UAE) encouraged Khanh Hoa to develop more. tours like climbing, hiking, jogging, etc. According to Mr. Nicolas Urvois, sports tourism is not only organized for tourists to climb, cross waterfalls, row boats on the river, running but also have to consider attracting tourists who come to follow sports events.
 
 
Thanh Nguyen
 
Translated by T.T