Conditions for recognition of a provincial tourist attraction in Vietnam under the Law on Tourism 2017

Conditions for recognition of a provincial tourist attraction in Vietnam under the Law on Tourism 2017 (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Conditions for recognition of a provincial tourist attraction in Vietnam

Specifically, Article 12 of Decree 168/2017/ND-CP stipulates conditions for recognition of a provincial tourist attraction including:

- Has at least 01 provincial tourist attraction 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 tourist attraction 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.

2. Conditions for recognition of a national tourist attraction in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 13 of Decree 168/2017/ND-CP, a tourist attraction will be recognized as national tourist attraction if it:

- Has at least 02 tourism resources, including a national tourism resource and have boundaries shown on a topographic certified by a competent authority. The scale of the map varies depending on management requirements and topography.

- Is included in the list of areas with potential for development of national tourism area approved by a competent authority.

- Has infrastructure and services that meet food and accommodation demands and other demands from tourists, including:

= Food, shopping, sports, entertainment, recreation and healthcare establishments qualified for provision of services for tourists and serving at least 500,000 tourists per year, tourist accommodation establishments serving at least 300,000 tourists per year and of which there must be establishments assigned a 3 star and higher rating;

= Conditions specified in Points a, c and d Clause 2 Article 12 of Decree 168/2017/ND-CP;

- Is connected to national traffic and telecommunications infrastructure system.

- Satisfies requirements for security, social order and security, environmental protection. To be specific:

= There must be a waste and wastewater collection and treatment system in accordance with the law on environmental protection, and environmental services personnel.

= Conditions specified in Points a, c, d and e Clause 4 Article 12 of Decree 168/2017/ND-CP;

Ho Quoc Tuan

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