Khanh Hoa is a coastal province in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. Khanh Hoa tourism develops diversely with many diverse types of tourism such as ecotourism, landscape tourism, community tourism.
Khanh Hoa is a coastal province in the South Central of Vietnam, bordering Phu Yen province to the North, Dak Lak province to the Northwest, Lam Dong Province to the Southwest, Ninh Thuan Province to the South and the East Sea in the East. ; There is Hon Doi cape on Hon Gom peninsula, Van Ninh district, the easternmost point on the mainland of our country.
Khanh Hoa Tourism is famous for the coastal city of Nha Trang which is also the political, economic, cultural and tourist center of Khanh Hoa province. This land has a temperate climate, convenient transportation both by waterways, roads, airways and railways. All train lines stop here.
Khanh Hoa tourism is endowed with location, landscape and climate along with a rich historical context, Nha Trang has become an attractive destination for tourists with a variety of tourism types such as tourism. ecology, landscape tourism, community tourism …
Featured tourist spots in Khanh Hoa
Ponagar tower: is a famous architecture in Khanh Hoa tourist cluster Ponagar tower of Cham people with unique architecture. The tower was built on a flat land of more than 200 square meters, leaning on a small hill next to the Cai river, about 2 kilometers north of Nha Trang city center. Ponagar is the name of the largest tower in the population, about 23 meters high. The temple was built in the period when Hinduism was flourishing, when the country of Champa was called Hoan Kingdom. Here, visitors will discover the Cham sculpture art which is elaborately carved and carved in stone on the outside of the tower statue.
Dien Khanh Citadel: Located about 10 km from Nha Trang city along Highway 1 to the West, looking on the right side you will see a hexagonal wall of hexagons, but the 6 edges are not equal, it is the ancient citadel of Dien Khanh. Previously, there were many unique architectures inside the city such as the palace, the flagpole, the patrol palace, the sanctuary, the warehouse … Nowadays, Thanh Dien Khanh is only left with 2 ruins of the East and West gates.
Hon Chong: Hon Chong is a natural landscape in Nha Trang city, belonging to Hon Chong hamlet, Vinh Phuoc ward. This area is a naturally stacked rocky beach, in addition to the nearby Hon Wife and Nha Trang Bay Assembly Hall in the form of a Hue house built above. Hon Chong is considered one of the most beautiful and safest coastal areas in Nha Trang.
Doc Let: One tourist highlight of Khanh Hoa is Doc Let beach, which is a beautiful beach with long pure white sand dunes, gentle blue sea under the ocean rows, separating the mainland from the sea. Doc Let is located in Ninh Hoa, about 50km north of Nha Trang.
There has been a development of tourist resorts with freshwater swimming pools, guesthouses and many other services such as restaurants, food stalls, souvenir stalls, huts, chairs under the shade of trees … If you want to stay away from Crowds of tourists in Nha Trang, this will be an ideal place to relax during your vacation.
Long Son Pagoda: As one of the long-standing historical sites in the Khanh Hoa tourist area, this more than a hundred-year-old pagoda is located at the foot of Trai Thuy mountain, is a favorite pilgrimage and sightseeing destination for locals. as well as tourists everywhere. This is the most famous temple in Nha Trang because of its long history of formation and a giant statue of Kim Than Buddha located on the top of the mountain.
Institute of Oceanography: Visiting the Institute of Oceanography, you will see firsthand a marine biology museum with over 20,000 specimens of more than 4,000 types of marine and freshwater organisms collected and preserved for many years. . Besides, there are live specimens raised in glass tanks, especially rare and endangered marine mammals such as Dugongs. In addition, the museum is keeping and preserving a giant whale skeleton nearly 26m long and 3m high that has been buried in the ground in the Red River Delta for at least 200 years.
Weather and climate Khanh Hoa
Khanh Hoa has a tropical monsoon climate. The average annual rainfall is from 1000-2000 mm, mainly from July to December of the year. The highest annual average temperature is 340C, the lowest is 220C. Every year, there are 7 months with an average temperature of 26.70C, the coldest month is January / February; hoarfrost phenomenon rarely occurs.
Population – Khanh Hoa Ethnicity
According to the survey on April 1, 1999, Khanh Hoa province has 1,031,390 people. In which, the number of people of working age in the whole province in 2002 was 519,000 people, accounting for 50.71% of the population, of which ethnic minorities accounted for 4.7%.
There are 32 ethnic groups in the province, the largest is the Kinh with 983,590 people, accounting for 95.36%. Ethnic minorities such as the Rag Lai have 35,069 people, accounting for 3.4%; the Hoa ethnic group has 3,731 people, accounting for 0.36%; Co Ho ethnic group has 3,506 people, accounting for 0.32%; Ede ethnic group has 2,563 people, accounting for 0.25%; the Tay group accounts for 0.12%; Other ethnic groups account for 0.15%.
Natural resources
Khanh Hoa province has 519,745 ha of natural land. In which, the area of agricultural land is 81,813 ha, accounting for 15.74%; the area of forest land with forests was 180,740 ha, accounting for 34.77%; the area of special-use land is 80,793 ha, accounting for 15.54%; residential land area is 5,427 ha, accounting for 1.04%; the unused area and rivers, streams and rocks are 170,972 ha, accounting for 32.88%.
In agricultural land: The area of land for annual crops is 53,403 ha, accounting for 65.27%; only rice land accounts for 18.08% of two rice crops cultivation; the area of land for perennial crops is 8,216 ha, accounting for 10.04%; the area of land with water surface for aquaculture is 4,918 ha, accounting for 6.01%.
The area of bare land and bare hills to be covered is 143,892 ha, the area of unused water surface is 387 ha, the area of unused flat land is 8,864 ha.
Forest resources: By 2002, Khanh Hoa province had 183,194 ha, of which natural forest area was 159,595 ha, plantation forest 23,599 ha.
Marine resources: The province has 385 km of coastline. The total output of seafood is 83,000 tons, of which 63,000 tons are exploited and 30,000 tons are cultured.
Natural resources:Minerals are construction materials, white sand has a reserve of 140 million tons, kaolin is 70,000 tons, and granite is 10 billion cubic meters. Tourism resources: Most beautiful rich in Central.