Lots of potential
It only takes more than 1 hour from Hue City to see Kazan Waterfall (Thuong Lo Commune) with its wild and majestic beauty, promising to be a tourist destination that will satisfy even the most demanding visitors. Although there is a lot of potential for developing eco-tourism, in reality, tourism at Kazan Waterfall has not attracted a large number of visitors in recent years. Ms. Hoang Hanh Nguyen, a tourist from Hue City who has experienced this, shared that Kazan Waterfall is quite wild, so it easily attracts those who love to explore nature. However, the lack of service infrastructure is one of the reasons why people are hesitant to travel here.
According to Ms. A Lang Be, Director of the Doi Village Community Tourism Cooperative, Kazan waterfall has welcomed many domestic and foreign tourists to visit and survey; that can confirm the value and beauty that nature has bestowed is very large. However, the resources of the locality and the people are beyond the ability to invest in building a worthy eco-tourism destination, so Kazan community tourism services such as cuisine, accommodation, entertainment... are still not rich.
At the end of July, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 250/KH-UBND dated July 10, 2023 to implement the Project "Orientation for the development of eco-tourism sites associated with streams and waterfalls in Thua Thien Hue province". Kazan waterfall is one of the locations that has received investment attention for the development of eco-tourism. Accordingly, Kazan waterfall is currently being invested in by the Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects of Nam Dong district to build infrastructure works for community tourism sites, including: A walking route connecting from the end of the main road to the foot of Kazan waterfall, building a parking lot and public toilets... The project is expected to be completed in 2024 and handed over to the Doi village Community Tourism Cooperative for management and exploitation.
Nam Dong district also has many waterfalls and streams with potential for ecotourism. Of which, Mo waterfall is currently being exploited and managed by YesHue Eco-tourism Area and has basically synchronized infrastructure, technical facilities; services, products ensuring the type of stream and waterfall tourism. In addition, Truot waterfall is also included in the "Nam Dong district tourism development project for the period 2017 - 2020 with a vision to 2030" and calling for investment; however, due to some difficulties and barriers, it has not yet been put into exploitation.
Exploit your strengths
According to information from the Department of Culture and Information of Nam Dong district, the development of eco-tourism associated with streams and waterfalls in the district faces some difficulties, such as: Most of the locations are located in remote areas, making access difficult; lack of diverse support services such as accommodation, shopping, etc.
In recent times, the authorities of Nam Dong district have taken many positive actions to develop ecotourism associated with streams and waterfalls, such as strengthening propaganda activities, raising awareness among the community at tourist destinations about the characteristics of the tourism industry, the benefits of tourism activities; propaganda and guidance on environmental protection, nature conservation at streams, waterfalls, neighboring areas... At the same time, organizing training, fostering knowledge of tourism development, customer care communication skills; opening short-term training courses, focusing on training local human resources. In addition, the District People's Committee also has programs and solutions to attract and call for investors in ecotourism development projects associated with streams and waterfalls.
The representative of Nam Dong District People's Committee said that in the coming time, in order to exploit the potential of streams, waterfalls and develop eco-tourism in the district, there needs to be stronger "pushes". Accordingly, the District People's Committee will direct sectors and localities to gradually complete the transport network to access and connect eco-tourism sites, contributing to strengthening the transport infrastructure serving tourism; promoting potentials and advantages to promote tourism development in particular and the local socio-economic development in general.
With the characteristics of location and terrain of streams and waterfalls; community-based ecotourism, backpacking, trekking, camping - teambuilding will be one of the potential directions to attract tourists. In addition, the promotion and professionalization of services also need to be focused on. Gradually build tourism promotion messages, select information channels and update regularly to connect with tourism. At the same time, build a Code of Conduct for ecotourism associated with streams and waterfalls, regulations on environmental protection, protection of animals and plants at tourist destinations for tourists and staff also need to be built systematically. In particular, focus on the content of limiting the use of plastic products, not using industrial detergents/soaps in streams; protecting the forest environment and natural animals and plants; protecting the stream water environment.
| According to the leaders of Nam Dong district, the biggest difficulty is still the issue of investment capital. In the short term, Nam Dong district has mobilized capital from the central, provincial and local governments to effectively invest in infrastructure for tourism and service development. In the long term, it will strengthen investment stimulus measures and promote socialized investment in the service and tourism sectors. |
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