Dong Thap develops tourism into an important economic sector

Đồng Tháp phát triển du lịch thành ngành kinh tế quan trọng - Ảnh 1. — Tourists enjoy traditional music at Tram Chim National Park

Affirming the destination brand

In the period of 2021 - 2025, Dong Thap welcomed about 25 million visitors, including nearly 2 million international visitors, an average increase of 26% per year - a much higher growth rate than the previous period. Total tourism revenue reached nearly 13,400 billion VND, an increase of 71% compared to the period of 2016 - 2020. These figures show the attractiveness of Dong Thap and the effectiveness of promotion and advertising work.

Along with that, activities to preserve and promote the value of cultural heritage are given special attention. The province has recognized 26 provincial historical and cultural relics, 1 national relic and 2 special national relics. Traditional festivals such as the Via Ba Chua Xu festival at the Go Thap special national relic site are organized on a large scale, contributing to spreading the value of indigenous culture.

Familiar destinations such as Go Thap relic site, Tram Chim National Park, Sa Dec flower village, Xeo Quyt tourist area, Nguyen Sinh Sac relic site, Dong Hoa Hiep ancient village... continue to be attractive destinations for domestic and foreign tourists. In particular, the model of Farmers' Assembly Hall associated with community tourism has become a unique feature, helping people to preserve their rural lifestyle and increase their income, creating the identity of Dong Thap tourism "pure as the soul of a lotus".

Đồng Tháp phát triển du lịch thành ngành kinh tế quan trọng - Ảnh 2. — Tourists visit and take souvenir photos at Huynh Thuy Le Ancient House, Sa Dec Ward, Dong Thap

Making Dong Thap a regional eco-tourism center

According to the orientation to 2045, Dong Thap strives to become a modern agricultural and eco-tourism center of the Mekong Delta region, a locality with a desirable living environment with prosperous people's lives, civilized and safe society.

To realize the above goal, Dong Thap will focus on building and implementing projects to develop the night economy in major cities such as Cao Lanh, Sa Dec, Hong Ngu, My Tho. In addition, the province focuses on developing border gate economy and eco-tourism in riverside and flooded areas, expanding development space and strengthening regional connectivity.

From now until 2030, Dong Thap aims to attract 50 million visitors, with tourism revenue reaching 35,500 billion VND. The province is determined to develop tourism in a professional, sustainable, focused and key direction, building the brand "Dong Thap - a safe, friendly and attractive destination".

Đồng Tháp phát triển du lịch thành ngành kinh tế quan trọng - Ảnh 3. — Dong Thap recreates the space of Dinh Yen mat market, also known as "ghost market" to attract tourists.

The locality focuses on diversifying and improving the quality of tourism products based on local resources. Ecotourism, agricultural tourism and community tourism are key products, deeply exploiting the value of Tram Chim National Park and Go Thap Relic Site. Tours to orchards along the Tien River, Dong Hoa Hiep ancient village, and Cai Be floating market will be systematically invested in, combined with the development of resort tourism and health care in the coastal area of Go Cong. In addition, Dong Thap focuses on exploiting traditional craft villages hundreds of years old such as mat weaving, robe weaving, boat building, etc. to create more tourism products with cultural experience value.

Along with product development, Dong Thap identifies investment in transport infrastructure and tourism services as a key task. The province focuses resources on connecting key tourist areas and destinations; enhancing tourism promotion on digital platforms; expanding tourism cooperation links with Ho Chi Minh City and provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region to build a common tourism brand for the region. To improve professionalism, friendliness and attractiveness in serving tourists, the locality will focus on training tourism human resources and developing community tourism skills for the people.

With a clear orientation and synchronous development strategy, Dong Thap is taking steady steps to make tourism truly an important economic sector, contributing to building the image and people of Dong Thap as hospitable and friendly, a safe and memorable destination in the hearts of tourists from all over the world.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dong-thap-phat-trien-du-lich-thanh-nganh-kinh-te-quan-trong-185251010164147053.htm