Design of the SunBay Park Hotel & Resort Phan Rang complex which will be finished by 2021.
Crystal Bay Group on April 9 started construction on one of the country’s biggest hotel complexes in Ninh Thuan province.
The SunBay Park Hotel & Resort Phan Rang complex will comprise three towers with around 3,300 hotel rooms looking over the Binh Son beach in the Ninh Thuan provincial capital city of Phan Rang Thap Cham, along with a 4.7ha water park, a shopping zone, spas, nine infinity pools and nine Eurasian restaurants. Just over one-hour drive from Cam Ranh international airport, every detail of the hotel design is inspired by typical local Cham culture.
Nguyen Duc Chi, Chairman of Crystal Bay, said the project is only a start of the group’s plan to develop tourism in the province. The hotel’s total development cost is estimated at $195 million and construction is expected to finish in June 2021.
In addition to SunBay Park Hotel & Resort, Crystal Bay is promoting three other large project in Ninh Thuan, including the 766-hectare Mui Dinh Ecopark, Ninh Chu Sailing Bay and 10-hectare Bai Coc beach resort.
Mui Dinh Ecopark is the largest one, designed with seven hotels having 7,000 rooms and 500 villas in plan. The project is designed by the Bangkok - based Chapman Taylor architectural office.
Chairman of Ninh Thuan People’s Committee Luu Xuan Vinh said the province has designated tourism as the spearhead of its socio-economic development strategy.
He affirmed that the provincial administration will provide the best possible incentives for investors in tourism, with the aim to turn the province into a new resort destination in Asia and the world.
In 2018, Ninh Thuan served 2.19 million tourists, up 15.3 percent year-on-year, and raked in 1.05 trillion VND (45.15 million USD) from the sector, a year-on-year rise of 18.9 percent.
It aims to welcome 2.35 million visitors in 2019 and earn 1.15 trillion VND (49.95 million USD) from tourism.
The province is home to 149 cultural heritages, including two special national relic sites, and 12 national relic sites. Notably, the local Don Ca Tai Tu (southern folk music) was recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humankind by UNESCO.
Cham pagodas with unique architecture have been an icon of Ninh Thuan province for centuries, with Po Klong Garai and Hoa Lai towers recognised as special national architectural relic sites.
In addition, the province is renowned for its festivals, such as the whale worshiping, and the leaving tomb and cremation rituals of the ethnic Cham Brahman people.
