Green tourism is not a 'trend', Khanh Hoa wants to take action with businesses

On the afternoon of September 11, leaders of Khanh Hoa province, businesses and media workers continued the discussion session to discuss keywords for building green tourism for Khanh Hoa.

Khanh Hoa provincial leaders and businesses discuss keywords for green tourism in Khanh Hoa - Photo: QUANG DINH

The discussion is part of the workshop "To make Khanh Hoa a comprehensive green destination", organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Khanh Hoa in Khanh Hoa.

"Quality workshop, addressing many important issues on green tourism development"

Mr. Nguyen Long Bien - Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee - Photo: QUANG DINH

In his closing speech at the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Long Bien - Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee - expressed his thanks and highly appreciated the quality of the workshop "To make Khanh Hoa a comprehensive green destination".

According to Mr. Bien, the content of the workshop comprehensively mentioned many important issues from assessing the current situation and potential for green tourism development in Vietnam and Khanh Hoa, building green cities with sustainable and environmentally friendly infrastructure planning; developing a green transport system with modern, energy-saving public transport.

Mr. Nguyen Long Bien affirmed that the workshop also identified core issues and many orientations for developing green tourism closely linked with green urban areas, green transportation, green energy, creating a comprehensive green ecosystem in the overall development planning of Khanh Hoa province.

He hopes that Khanh Hoa province will continue to receive the attention, companionship and regular support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, central ministries and branches, Tuoi Tre newspaper and the close cooperation of businesses, experts and the community; realizing the aspiration to turn Khanh Hoa into an international sea tourism center, a green - smart city, green - sustainable transportation.

Green tourism standards help tourism businesses orient towards sustainability

Mr. Cung Quynh Anh - Deputy Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism - Photo: QUANG DINH

Mr. Cung Quynh Anh - Deputy Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism - said green tourism is not only a global trend, but also a focus that Khanh Hoa needs to implement.

According to him, the development of Khanh Hoa green tourism standards is a tool for tourism businesses to carry out tasks and environmentally friendly solutions for accommodation facilities and tourist attractions.

Accordingly, the set of green tourism standards includes criteria for accommodation establishments (102 criteria) and tourist attractions (100 criteria). Units must meet criteria such as greenhouse gas emissions, green action criteria, sustainable development management team, environment, society, customers and employees, conservation of natural and cultural resources, etc.

Based on the criteria, tourism units and businesses self-assess the sustainability level of their current tourism business activities by accessing the self-assessment table on the green tourism software provided by the assessment council, to answer questions according to the criteria and indicators for the green tourism standards set of Khanh Hoa province.

The assessment of green tourism standards for accommodation and sightseeing places is divided into three levels: basic, advanced and excellent. The assessment and evaluation will then be chaired by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with relevant departments, branches and localities to establish an assessment and evaluation council.

Mr. Anh also said that the qualified units will be awarded a recognition decision and a certificate of green tourism standards by the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province, the decisions are valid for 3 years.

Korean YouTuber Jongrak Choi, who specializes in Vietnamese tourism, cuisine and culture, attended the conference - Photo: QUANG DINH

Green tourism development is not a trend

Mr. Pham Minh Nhut - Chairman of Nha Trang Tourism Association (Khanh Hoa) - Photo: QUANG DINH

Mr. Pham Minh Nhut, Chairman of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association, said that in order for Khanh Hoa tourism to become a green destination, previously, accommodation businesses and destinations in Khanh Hoa have regularly applied green tourism criteria.

He affirmed that developing green tourism is not a trend, this is a sustainable and long-term development direction.

From the business perspective, there are currently two important issues to develop green tourism, which are state management and business awareness.

Therefore, he recommends that businesses need to change their methods to adapt to green tourism activities right now, and not worry too much about the transition process and investment in facilities.

In addition, management agencies should have many incentive policies to encourage them to create sustainable product value.

Mr. Pham Minh Nhut believes that to do green tourism requires perseverance.

"Nha Trang used to do green tourism, but later the business stopped doing it. The reason is that the effort was not recognized by the community in terms of praise and revenue," he said.

He believes that green tourism is now a necessary and vital criterion in the tourism industry. "I affirm that difficulties still exist. People will not see the profits arising from green conversion yet, but when tourists get used to it, there will be profits. If we do not convert now, we will be slow," he shared.

Developing accommodation models that do not impact the environment

Mr. Nguyen Manh Binh San - Chairman of the Institute of Landscape Architecture and Art Creation, Director of Lang Nho tourist area - Photo: QUANG DINH

Mr. Nguyen Manh Binh San - Chairman of the Institute of Landscape Architecture and Creative Arts, Director of Lang Nho - Ho Lang Nhot tourist area - shared about the pop-up resort model in ensuring natural landscape.

According to Mr. San, pop-up resorts are a way to experience nature and relax at the lowest cost but still fully equipped, suitable for a short period of time, aiming for the goal of net zero emissions. Pop-up resorts have the ability to change and move within a period of time without affecting the environment.

Mr. San said the pop-up trend is part of a global approach by the hotel industry to create authentic, intimate experiences.

However, the difficulty of this model is that it must change and be constantly creative, so there must be a creative team and technical technology so that when changing the resort's structures, it will not affect nature, ensuring dismantling and reuse.

Integrating green tourism protection and development into tourism activities

Mr. Nguyen Van Hai - Market Development Director of Vinpearl - Photo: QUANG DINH

Mr. Nguyen Van Hai - Vinpearl Market Development Director - said that currently, green ecosystems and green products of Vinpearl are the guiding principles, in which ecosystems must be closely linked to nature, honoring the identity of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa.

"If you come back to Vinpearl for the second or third time, you will see that the systems have all been transformed into green and very peaceful systems," Mr. Hai affirmed.

In addition, communication work on green tourism development is always put on top, the unit regularly organizes activities related to green ecosystems and green products specifically for children and young people to better understand green development.

"We also bring sustainable tourism activities to customers such as organizing customers to clean up trash on the beach. These are actions that bring a better image to the tourism industry and we are very supported," Mr. Hai shared.

Vietjet Air proposes green flights - green destinations

Mr. Dinh Xuan Thuy - Deputy Commercial Director of Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company - Photo: QUANG DINH

Mr. Dinh Xuan Thuy, Deputy Commercial Director (Vietjet Aviation Company), said that the biggest challenge of the aviation industry is emissions from the aircraft system. However, Vietjet has deployed a system to monitor emissions from operations to passengers. From there, it has made a plan to reduce emissions.

"Coming to Khanh Hoa, with its green economic and green urban mechanisms, we immediately thought of joining hands with the province to establish a plan for green flights - green destinations," Mr. Thuy suggested.

He said that many airlines were granted green flight certificates by Khanh Hoa when participating in the green criteria, so Vietjet is not alone in its journey to participate in the green economy.

Sharing more about green flights, Mr. Thuy said that it is a short-term and long-term plan, because the common goal is to achieve big goals. There will be changes from very small such as airlines cutting emissions in the system of operating routes and aircraft, and passengers cutting the amount of waste that may arise at the destination or moving from the departure point.

Mr. Thuy added that the airline's flights to Khanh Hoa will increase in the near future, but must be calculated more carefully because the goal is not to increase emission control.

From 8am to 8pm on September 11, at the park area in front of Muong Thanh Luxury Khanh Hoa Hotel (Con residential area, Nha Trang ward), the Green Experience Festival will take place for all residents and tourists.

The festival has booths introducing and experiencing green products, local specialty gifts; areas displaying and experiencing green technology such as: electric vehicles, lighting, solar energy...; workshops instructing how to make toys from recycled waste...

At the event, there is a program "Exchange recycled waste to receive green gifts". Bring to the program 5 "recycled waste" items such as: plastic bottles/metal cans/old batteries/milk cartons/cardboard... you will receive 1 pot of succulent.

Participants (free) can also participate in the lucky draw with the special prize of a VinFast Evo Grand electric motorbike worth 21 million VND and many valuable gifts such as: Cocoon vegan cosmetics, Dutch Lady milk, Green SM voucher, free La Viet coffee...

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