What are the conditions for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam? What are the procedures for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam?
What are the conditions for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 12 of Decree 168/2017/ND-CP, a tourism area will be recognized as provincial tourism area if it:
- has at least 01 provincial tourism area that has boundaries shown on a topographic map certified by a competent authority. The scale of the map varies depending on management requirements and topography.
- has infrastructure and services that meet food and accommodation demands and other demands from tourists, including:
+ Electricity and clean water supply system;
+ Food and shopping establishments qualified for provision of services for tourists and serving at least 100,000 tourists per year, tourist accommodation establishments serving at least 50,000 tourists per year;
+ Tourism area signs and regulations, traffic signs, service and attraction signs;
+ Tour guiding services.
- The provincial tourism area must be connected to national traffic and telecommunications infrastructure system.
- satisfies requirements for security, social order and security, environmental protection. To be specific:
+ Rescuers and security guards must be available;
+ Telephone and address of organizations in charge of managing tourism area must be published;
+ There must be a department responsible for providing information for tourists. Methods for receiving and promptly settling tourists’ complaints must be adopted;
+ Public toilets must be clean, ventilated and well lit. A sufficient number of public toilets must be provided at peak times;
+ There must be a waste collection system and waste treatment measures, a domestic wastewater collection and treatment system or a domestic wastewater collection system connected to a centralized wastewater treatment system in accordance with the law on environmental protection, and environmental services personnel;
+ Fire fighting measures must be adopted in accordance with regulations of law.
Thus, in order to be recognized as a provincial tourism area, it must ensure the conditions for tourism resources, infrastructure, facilities, connection with transport infrastructure, national communication and meet the requirements of security, order and environmental protection.
What are the conditions for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam? What are the procedures for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam?
What does the application for recognition of a provincial tourism area include?
Pursuant to Article 27 of the 2017 Law on Tourism of Vietnam providing as follows:
Application and procedures for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam
1. An application for recognition of a provincial tourism area includes:
a) An application form for recognition of a provincial tourism area according to the form specified by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
b) An explanatory document on the conditions for recognition of a provincial tourism area according to Clause 1, Article 26 of this Law.
2. Procedures for recognition of a provincial tourism area:
a) The People’s Committee of district or an operator of the tourism area shall submit 01 application to a tourism authority of the province where the tourism area is located;
b) Within 45 days from the day on which a valid application is received, the tourism authority of the province shall assess and submit it to the People’s Committee of the province;
c) Within 15 days from the day on which the assessment results are received, the People’s Committee of the province shall decide to recognize the provincial tourism area; in case of refusal, a written response stating reasons thereof must be given.
3. For the tourism area that is located in 02 administrative units of districts or more, the tourism authority of the province shall make an application for recognition of a provincial tourism area. The People’s Committee shall establish an assessment council and decide to recognize the provincial tourism area.
4. The People’s Committee of the province shall revoke the decision on recognition of a provincial tourism area in case such tourism area no longer satisfies the conditions set forth in Clause 1, Article 26 of this Law.
Thus, the application for recognition of a provincial tourism area includes an application form and an explanatory document on the conditions for recognition of a provincial tourism area. Provincial-level People's Committees are competent agencies to decide on recognition of provincial-level tourist resorts.
What are the procedures for recognition of a provincial tourism area in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 27 of the 2017 Law on Tourism of Vietnam, the procedures for recognition of a provincial tourism area as follows:
- The People's Committee of district or an operator of the tourism area shall submit 01 application to a tourism authority of the province where the tourism area is located;
- Within 45 days from the day on which a valid application is received, the tourism authority of the province shall assess and submit it to the People's Committee of the province;
- Within 15 days from the day on which the assessment results are received, the People's Committee of the province shall decide to recognize the provincial tourism area; in case of refusal, a written response stating reasons thereof must be given.
- For the tourism area that is located in 02 administrative units of districts or more, the tourism authority of the province shall make an application for recognition of a provincial tourism area. The People's Committee shall establish an assessment council and decide to recognize the provincial tourism area.
- The People's Committee of the province shall revoke the decision on recognition of a provincial tourism area in case such tourism area no longer satisfies the conditions set forth in Clause 1, Article 26 of the 2017 Law on Tourism of Vietnam.
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