Abundant resources

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1. Land, forests and agricultural products
The total area of natural land is 473,744ha including 388,352ha of agricultural land (consisting of 120,166ha of production forest; 80,843ha of protection forest and 62,441ha of special-use forest summed by 263,450 ha of forestry land in total); 41,306 ha of non-agricultural land; and 44,085 ha of unused land.
Main products 2018
Area (ha) Production (ton)
Rice 50.708,3 275.498,7
Coffee 4.905,3 5.540,2
Rubber 19.284,8 15.282,2
Pepper 19.284,8 1.482,9
Banana 4.370,0 63.845,5
Timber exploited   823.107m3
2. Marine resources
Quang Tri has a coastline of 75 km and 02 estuaries (Cua Viet and Cua Tung); the fishing area is 8,400 km2 contained about 60,000 tons of several seafood with high economic value, for instance, lobster, cuttlefish, crab, sea cucumber, algae and some rare fish and corals; over 3,412.37 ha of water surface is farming of aquaculture and seafood. The potential of marine and island resources allows Quang Tri to promote the integrated marine economy.
3. Gas and Mineral Resources
- There are many types of minerals in Quang Tri, especially some of them are estimated with large quanlity and high quality such as titanium, limestone (over 3 billion tons), white quartz mine (over 277 million tons) which enables the province to promote the industry of cement and calcium silicate on a large scale.
- Gas: there is a natural gas source not far from Quang Tri sea coast with reserves of 60 - 100 billion m3. The mine is located closely to Con Co Island. If this mine is exploited, Quang Tri will gain the opportunities to promote processing industry from raw materials and new technological materials in the forthcoming future.
4. Tourism potential
Quang Tri is famous for many revolutionary historical relics, for instance, Quang Tri Ancient Citadel, Hien Luong - Ben Hai River Banks, Road 9 - Khe Sanh; The legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vinh Moc Tunnels, Ta Con Air-base, Mc.Namara Electronic Fence, Lao Bao Prison, Con Co Island... along with Truong Son, Road 9 National Martyrs Cemeteries, created an unique and attractive characteristic for this historical relic system. 
In addition, Quang Tri also has many beautiful landscapes such as Tra Loc Ecotourism Area, Ru Linh Primeval Forest, Brai Cave, Gio An Ancient Wells.... Several wonderful beaches of Cua Tung, Cua Viet and Vinh Thai are featured by unique smooth white sand and fresh blue water. Quang Tri is also well-known for numerous spiritual-cultural relics, folk festivals and typical revolutionary festivals. Sac Tu - one of the oldest pagoda in the Central Vietnam and La Vang Pilgrimage Center attracts nearly millions of pilgrims and tourists yearly.
With a plentiful tourism potential, Quang Tri has become an attractive destination for famous tours: "Central Heritage Road"; "The legendary Trail"; "Memorable tour to old battlefield and teammates". Visitation to Quang Tri will bring tourists with very typical experience generated by the land and local people.

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