Vo Van Thanh of the Southern Institute of Social Sciences (SISS), said thanks to tourism, protection, conservation and restoration of world heritage sites were improved. “In Vietnam, heritage tourism activities have contributed to introducing the country's World Heritage sites," he said. The conference, which discussed the opportunities and challenges for cultural heritage values, was organiz; ed by the HCM City University of Culture in collaboration with SISS, the HCM City Institute for Development Issues, and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). More than 300 cultural experts and researchers from Vietnam and abroad took part in the event. Preservation of heritage sites has helped create jobs and improved living standards in local communities, Thanh said. Last year, heritage sites brought a high level of visitors and revenue from ticket sales and tourism services, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Cultural Heritage Department. Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province, for example, welcomed 6.93 million visitors last year, including 2.9 million foreigners, a year-on-year increase of 12.9 million. Its tourism revenue reached nearly VND 10.8 trillion (USD 463 million), a rise of 39 percent compared to 2016. The Hue Citadel welcomed… Read full this story
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