How to attract tourists to the countryside

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung speaks at the Conference on Rural Tourism on December 10 in Quang Nam

"This is the cultural depth," Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung said at the first international conference on rural tourism of the United Nations Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) in Quang Nam on December 10.

According to him, tourists want to experience and explore the beauty of life, the friendly and hospitable Vietnamese people. Vietnam, with 70% of the population living in rural areas, is identified as "a potential land for developing agricultural and rural tourism".

For sustainable development, he believes that we must start from indigenous culture, preserve the cultural identity of each village, from there form products and improve product quality. Vietnam has successfully built rural tourism products in some places, with community tourism products, ecology, traditional craft villages and cuisine.

However, agricultural and rural tourism in Vietnam still faces many challenges and difficulties because the villages are located in remote areas. To attract tourists, it is necessary to solve a series of problems including infrastructure, policies, product innovation as well as ensuring unique and typical features.

Another solution is to apply information technology and digital transformation to connect villages and use this tool to promote the image of the country and destinations. "There is only one way through information technology, training human resources in a more systematic and professional manner, not spontaneously like in the past," Mr. Hung said.

Foreign tourists experience growing vegetables in Tra Que vegetable village, Hoi An

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long said rural tourism is becoming more and more popular and developing. This model promotes economic transformation, reduces the development gap between rural and urban areas, and promotes and honors unique local values.

"Developing local specialties, craft villages, developing service economy and rural tourism on the basis of preserving and promoting local culture," Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long said about one of the orientations for rural tourism.

Many localities in Vietnam have exploited their strengths and developed a diverse and attractive system of rural destinations. Many tourist villages have been recognized according to ASEAN criteria. In particular, Tan Hoa village (Quang Binh), Thai Hai village (Thai Nguyen), Tra Que village (Quang Nam) were honored as the Best Tourist Villages by the United Nations Tourism Organization.

Foreign tourists experience rice harvesting in Ha Giang, October

The Deputy Prime Minister stressed the need to promote international cooperation and strengthen public-private partnerships in rural tourism development. "Vietnam is ready to continue to actively cooperate with the international community and the United Nations Tourism Organization to implement new initiatives and approaches to develop rural tourism under the motto 'one village, one product'; 'each person is a tourism ambassador'; 'each locality - one unique tourism product'," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

VN (according to VnExpress)

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