The southern province of Tay Ninh will turn the Ba Den national tourist site into a special, quality and highly competitive tourism centre in the country.

According to the plan, the site will cover nearly 3,000 hectares spanning Ninh Son, Ninh Thanh wards and Thanh Tan commune of Tay Ninh city, and parts of Suoi Da and Phan communes of Duong Minh Chau district.

The site will have functional areas for trade, spiritual-cultural tourism, culture-sport, entertainment, accommodation, as well as area for scientific, natural and environmental research.

More than 1,100ha of special-use forest in the site will be preserved.

Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain is famous for its majestic landscapes and magnificent caves and pagodas, and is part of the Nui Ba Relic Complex in Tay Ninh province.

VNA