Kon Tum: Striving to make tourism a spearhead economic sector

Kon Tum is a land located in the North of the Central Highlands, where the Indochina junction borders Laos and Cambodia; has an extremely rich ecosystem, unique natural landscapes and 43 ethnic groups living together. Therefore, Kon Tum is known as a land of nature, culture and festivals, where land and people blend together, peaceful and extremely open. With those advantages, Kon Tum province is gradually affirming its position on the national tourism map and the province has proposed many solutions to strive to make tourism a spearhead economic sector by 2030. On the morning of December 26, Kon Tum Provincial Museum - Library organized a special topic to demonstrate and display the results of collecting and documenting the cultural heritage "Traditional crafts of ethnic minorities in the province". 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Kon Tum is a land located in the North of the Central Highlands, where the Indochina junction borders Laos and Cambodia; has an extremely rich ecosystem, unique natural landscapes and 43 ethnic groups living together. Therefore, Kon Tum is known as the land of nature, culture and festivals, where land and people blend together, peaceful and extremely open. With these advantages, Kon Tum province is gradually affirming its position on the national tourism map and the province has proposed many solutions to strive to make tourism a spearhead economic sector by 2030. The 2024 Commendation Ceremony for Outstanding Ethnic Minority Students and Youth is the 11th commemoration ceremony chaired by the Ethnic Committee, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Training, and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Over the years, the Commendation Ceremony has affirmed its value, prestige and influence in the community, receiving the attention of Party and State leaders, all levels, sectors and the social community. On the morning of December 26, the leader of Dak Lak Provincial Police said that the Economic Police Department, Provincial Police had just destroyed many establishments using toxic chemicals to produce bean sprouts for sale on the market. On the morning of December 26, Kon Tum Provincial Museum - Library organized a special topic to demonstrate and display the results of collecting and documenting the cultural heritage "Traditional crafts of ethnic minorities in the province". General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The afternoon news of December 26, there was the following notable information: Demonstration and display of traditional crafts of ethnic minorities. Digitization of royal decrees. Muong people in Ia Lau commune "keep the fire" of gongs. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. In the context of unpredictable natural disasters, causing serious damage to production, agricultural exports still reached over 30 billion USD, an increase of more than 6.3% compared to 2023, accounting for nearly 50% of the export value of the agricultural sector. On December 26, in Hanoi, the Ethnic Committee held a conference to summarize the Party's work, the work of the Ethnic Committee's agencies and the conference of civil servants, public employees, and workers of the Ethnic Committee's agencies in 2024, deploying tasks for 2025. Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Hau A Lenh chaired the conference. Deputy Ministers, Vice Chairmen of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities: Y Thong, Y Vinh Tor, Nong Thi Ha, and Head of the Department of Organization and Personnel Nguyen Thu Minh - Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities' Trade Union, co-chaired the Conference. In the first leg of the semi-finals of the AFF Cup 2024, the Vietnamese team played away at Singapore. It was not until the last extra minutes of the match that Tien Linh and Xuan Son were able to shine to bring victory to the Vietnamese team. Summary news of the Ethnic Minorities and Development Newspaper. The afternoon news on December 26, had the following notable information: Demonstration and display of traditional crafts of ethnic minorities. Digitization of royal decrees. Muong people in Ia Lau commune "keep the fire" of gongs. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On the morning of December 26, Xin Cai Border Guard Station (Border Guard of Ha Giang province) promptly sent forces to support and help a family in the area whose house was completely burned down by fire.

Community tourism is the highlight

With the relentless effort to develop tourism to make Kon Tum an indispensable destination on the Central Highlands route for domestic and foreign tourists, in recent years, all levels and sectors of Kon Tum province have stepped up propaganda, mobilization and support for ethnic minorities to build community tourism villages, because this is a great potential that has not been exploited.

Along with that, the province organizes training courses, knowledge and skills development for the team of tour guides who are ethnic minorities, managers working in tourism; promotes and advertises tourism on digital platforms, helping tourists have more valuable information in their journey to discover the beauty of the land and people here.

With 43 ethnic groups living together and unique traditional culture, it is a great advantage for Kon Tum province to develop community tourism.

Mr. A Kâm, Head of the Kon Ko Tu Community Tourism Village Tourism Cooperative Group, Dak Ro Wa Commune, Kon Tum City, shared: Kon Ko Tu Village has 146 households, with the support of the local government, up to now, more than 40% of the people have participated in tourism. The households have boldly invested in building rooms, designing tours with attractive experiences such as: Gong performances, xoang dance, experiencing weaving, brocade weaving and rowing along the Dak Bla River.

With systematic investment, in recent years, Kon Tum has emerged on the tourist map with strong appeal thanks to many pristine destinations, colorful traditional festivals, special cuisine, unique village architecture, gong cultural exchange and many nature discovery tours associated with the legendary Dak Bla river...

Tourists enjoy exploring the beautiful and majestic waterfalls in Kon Tum.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh, a tourist from Dong Nai province, shared: Coming to Kon Tum, tourists are welcomed by the gentle, honest, friendly, hospitable people with the open-minded character of the Central Highlands people, but also no less professional. Visiting beautiful landscapes and unique culture of ethnic minorities.

To date, Kon Tum province has recognized 13 tourist attractions and 1 provincial-level tourist area. The province's tourism products and services are increasingly rich and diverse, with many products building brands in the region and the whole country. In 2024, the total number of visitors to Kon Tum province is estimated to reach 2.3 million, with the number of international visitors increasing to 8,500.

Making tourism a key economic sector

In recent times, Kon Tum province has made continuous efforts to improve the investment environment, creating favorable conditions to attract resources for sustainable and effective tourism development. From 2022 to present, Kon Tum province has supported and guided more than 110 investors and businesses to survey and seek investment opportunities in key economic zones. The encouraging result is that it has attracted 18 new projects with a total investment capital of more than VND 2,214 billion, bringing the total number of valid projects to 153 projects with a total registered capital of more than VND 36,602 billion.

The Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia border junction is chosen by many tourists as a destination when coming to Kon Tum province.

Ms. Bach Thi Man - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Kon Tum province said: To achieve the goal of making tourism a spearhead economic sector by 2030, Kon Tum province has set out development orientations and key tasks. Accordingly, the province promotes the development of specific tourism products such as eco-tourism and resorts in the areas of Mang Den, Ngoc Linh, Chu Mom Ray; develops community tourism, combined with exploiting the traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities. Along with that, Kon Tum province implements 40 investment projects and improves infrastructure in the fields of trade, services and tourism to meet the needs of tourists.

To ensure sustainable tourism development, Kon Tum province always focuses on environmental protection, encouraging green tourism types such as: Ecotourism, resort and agricultural tourism. Focusing on building tourism brands associated with the province's typical products such as Ngoc Linh ginseng, Dak Ha coffee and OCOP products.

Young people enjoy visiting and picking vegetables and fruits at tourist farms.

Mr. Luong Thien Vu - Deputy Director of Mang Den Farm Trade, Service and Tourism Joint Stock Company, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province said: Agricultural tourism is currently developing in Kon Tum Province. Currently, the company's Farm is growing cold-climate vegetables and fruits such as: bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, strawberries and other vegetables, fruits and tubers. Visitors love to harvest in the garden.

Most recently, Kon Tum successfully organized the 2024 Tourism Promotion Conference. This event created favorable conditions for Kon Tum province to connect with provinces, cities, and businesses to strengthen cooperation in tourism development, connect tours and routes to attract tourists to Kon Tum, contributing to making Kon Tum province gradually become a green, sustainable and effective tourism center.

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