Tan Son develops community tourism

With Long Coc tea hill - considered the most beautiful tea hill in Vietnam, the green paradise of the midlands or waterfalls, caves in Xuan Son National Park and the unique cultural identity of the Muong and Dao people are the advantages for Tan Son district to develop community tourism .

Tourists welcome the sunrise on Long Coc Tea Hill.

Coming to Long Coc, visitors can admire the beautiful natural picture with hundreds of large and small hills like upside-down bowls mixed in the clouds, creating a very unique and special scene. This is an ideal place to hunt clouds, preserve impressive natural photos, attracting many domestic and foreign photographers to come and compose. The photo collections of Long Coc tea hills have won many domestic and international awards, creating an impression that attracts tourists.

Mr. Ha Van Luan - owner of Tony Luan Homestay in Bong 1 area, Long Coc commune shared: To meet the needs of tourists coming to Long Coc, my family has renovated the house in the direction of expanding the cultural living space imbued with Muong ethnic identity, creating conditions for tourists to experience the tea processing stages; I myself also learned more photography techniques to be able to advise and help tourists choose the shooting location and time to take the most satisfactory photos when coming to Long Coc.

As a core commune of Xuan Son National Park, Xuan Son commune currently has 3 interesting provincial-level tourist attractions that attract tourists, including: Du village community tourism site, Coi village community eco-tourism site, and Ngoc Waterfall eco-tourism site. In addition, the traditional tangible and intangible cultural values ​​and heritages of the Muong and Dao people are being preserved and effectively promoted through costumes, folk performing arts, cuisine with many specialties such as five-color sticky rice, multi-spurred chicken, ri chicken, stream duck, badger pig, hybrid wild boar, fern, bamboo shoots... and the medicinal herbs of the Dao people create a unique feature in Xuan Son tourism .

To maximize tourism resources, Tan Son district has coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to implement the Project on Developing Ecological Community Tourism in Xuan Son National Park until 2025. Focus on mobilizing resources to invest in infrastructure for community ecotourism in Du hamlet; build a number of models to create highlights for tourists such as "Xuan Son Tourism Flower Street"; build a model to support households in Long Coc commune, Xuan Son to develop homestay community tourism associated with ecotourism. Closely connect tourism development activities with the preservation and promotion of traditional cultural values, build cultural products, agriculture , traditional handicrafts to serve tourism; support and guide people to develop tourism according to a sustainable model. Promote training to improve the quality of human resources, organize training courses, and provide tourism professional guidance to each member of the homestays.

17 homestays from Muong and Dao ethnic households in Long Coc and Xuan Son communes are equipped with reception, table service, room service, beverage preparation, food preparation; skills for tour guides in Long Coc; instruction in photography and video recording skills, image building to promote and introduce tourist destinations; English communication training for the community participating in serving tourists. Homestays in the area have also expanded the experience space for tourists, connecting with local people so that tourists can experience tea picking, tea processing, and participate in folk performing arts of Muong and Dao ethnic groups.

Developing community tourism, mobilizing community participation in tourism development helps create more livelihoods, improve people's lives, raise their awareness in preserving the living environment, tourism resources, cultural identity, and at the same time enriching tourism products in a positive direction is the key to promoting sustainable development of Tan Son tourism, contributing to economic and social development in the district.

Phuong Thanh

Source: https://baophutho.vn/tan-son-phat-trien-du-lich-cong-dong-229345.htm