The Oceanami Resort & Luxury Home Project in Dat Do District is one of several such in the province, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.
The 20-ha project near the Nuoc Ngot Pass, one of the most beautiful locations on the Ba Ria-Vung Tau coast, was licensed in 2004 as a tourism area but nothing happened for several years.
Last July a fresh licence was issued for the Oceanami Resort&Luxury Home Project at the site whose construction will begin this month.
Around 40 per cent of the land will be used to build villas and the rest to develop infrastructure and tourism facilities.
"If a beach is used for developing a tourism area, all can enjoy the beach," a deputy director of a local tourism company said.
"But if it is used for a real-estate project, only a few can enjoy the beach because the prices of villas in these places are high."
Nguyen Thanh Dung, chairman of the Dat Do District People's Committee, said the district planned to develop tourist sites along the coast but only a few real-estate projects.
The basic requirement for the latter would be to simultaneously benefit the community and businesses, he said.
"If investors apply for tourism-project licences just to get their hands on land and fail to develop their projects, the land will be repossessed and handed over to other investors," he claimed.
But Dat Do is one of the localities in the province that allow it to happen.
Phan Huu Thang, chairman of the Viet Nam Tourism Property Association, said developing real estate in conjunction with tourism projects would contribute to the development of tourism.
However, for sustainable development, Ba Ria – Vung Tau as well as other coastal localities would have to make zoning plans for tourism development soon, he said.
The plans should clearly define which areas are meant exclusively for tourism projects and which ones for mixed tourism-real estate development, he added. — VNS
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