VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that the chaotic construction in Mui
Ne, the result of the unreasonable development programming which lacks a long
term vision, may ruin the Mui Ne tourism brand which has become famous in
Vietnam and all over the world.
Concrete houses damaging Mui Ne
Tourism programmers have warned that the concrete houses which have been arisen
in masses recently would spoil Mui Ne just after several years. More and more
resorts have been established which do not follow any regulations on the tourism
center development.
Under the current regulations, resorts’ areas must not cover more than 30
percent of the total area, while every resort must reserve at least 50 percent
of its area for verdure. However, investors all try to use up all the area for
rooms and other material facilities, because here, at the tourism center, every
inch of soil is an inch of gold. The investors have built more and more rooms in
the areas which should be placed for greenery because they want to get more
money from room leasing.
According to Nguyen Van Hue, Managing Director of a resort on Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Street, landlords think that it would be a great waste of reserving too large
area for greenery, and they try to build more and more rooms.
“The resorts in Mui Ne are lacking rooms for travelers. At a 3-star resort, the
room rate could be 100 dollars per night,” he said. “The landlords think that if
they build 10 rooms more, they would earn 3000 dollars more a month, and 36,000
dollars more a year, a really attractive sum of money.”
When talking about resorts, travelers would think about bungalows – the small
houses, located separately from each other and made of the materials friendly to
the environment. Meanwhile, in Mui Ne nowadays, travelers would see concrete
high rise buildings located close to the sea. There, the hotel rooms are charged
as resort rooms.
Nguyen Minh Nguyet, a Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) from Australia said that
she likes Mui Ne because the beach here is wonderful. However, she finds the
service quality bad and the room rates too expensive.
“I stayed in a concrete room on the third floor, but I was charged as if I
stayed at a bungalow,” she complained.
Investors ignore construction regulations
Travelers to Mui Ne nowadays would see a lot of restaurants on Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Street of Ham Tien ward which have been set up to attract the travelers who stay
at resorts, and moving toilets.
Deputy Chair of the Binh Thuan provincial authorities Tourism Association Tran
Van Binh has warned that if the restaurants and toilets are not removed
immediately, tourists would not go to Mui Ne any more.
“I am afraid that the unreasonable restaurants would spoil the brand of Mui Ne
tourism. We have proposed to remove the restaurants many times, but nothing has
changed,” he said.
An official of the Ham Tien ward people’s committee has revealed that it is
difficult to remove the restaurants. “When we come to examine the restaurants,
the owners of the restaurants showed us the licenses granted by the Construction
Department,” he said.
Meanwhile, more and more construction works have been arisen recently without
the permissions of any state management agencies. Chair of the Ham Tien ward
people’s committee said that with the limited workforce, local officials cannot
control everything arising in the ward.
“Just within two weekend days, on Saturday and Sunday, when state officials do
not work, people can complete the building of foundation and several rooms of a
house already,” he complained.
Source: Phap luat VN
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